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K-Series | Version 1.03
Safety
Tips and recommendations
It is necessary to observe the safety notes written in
these operating instructions in order to reduce the risk of
personal injuries and damages to property.
2.2 Obligations of the operating company
Of the operator
The operating company is the person who operates the
chain hoist for business or commercial reasons by her-
self, or leaves it to a third party for use or application,
and who bears the legal product responsibility for the
protection of the user, the staff or for third parties.
Obligations of the operating company
If the chain hoist is used for commercial purposes, the
operating company the chain hoist must comply with the
legal working safety regulations. Therefore, the safety
notes in this operating manual, as well as the safety, ac-
cident prevention and environment protection regula-
tions applying for the area of application the chain hoist
must be met. The following applies in particular:
- The operating company must be informed about
the applying industrial safety regulations and fur-
ther analyse hazards resulting from the special
working conditions at the place of use the chain
hoist. She must implement these in form of operat-
ing manuals for the operation the chain hoist.
- During the entire lifetime the chain hoist, the oper-
ating company must verify whether the operating
manuals prepared by her correspond to the cur-
rent status of the regulations, and must adapt
these if necessary.
- The operating company must unambiguously reg-
ulate and determine the responsibilities for instal-
lation, operation, troubleshooting, maintenance
and cleaning.
- The operating company must ensure that all per-
sons who work with the chain hoist, have read and
understood this manual. Furthermore she must in-
struct the staff in regular intervals and inform them
about the hazards.
- The operator must provide the necessary protec-
tive equipment to the staff and order the use of the
necessary protective equipment in a binding way.
Furthermore the operating company is responsible to
keep the chain hoist always in a technically flawless
state. Thus, the following applies:
- The operator must ensure that the maintenance in-
tervals described in this manual are kept.
- The operator must have all safety devices
checked regularly for their good working order
and their integrity.
CAUTION!
This combination of symbol and signal words indi-
cates a potentially dangerous situation which may
lead to slight or minor injury if not avoided.
ATTENTION!
This combination of symbol and signal words indi-
cates a possibly dangerous situation which may
lead to property and environmental damages if they
are not avoided.
NOTE!
This combination of symbol and signal words indi-
cates a potentially dangerous situation which may
lead to material or environmental damage if not
avoided.
Tips and recommendations
This symbol highlights useful tips and recommenda-
tions as well as information for an efficient and trou-
ble-free operation.
