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KW-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
Operator
The operating company is the person who operates the
crane scales 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 protec-
tion of the user, the staff or for third parties.
Obligations of the operating company
If the crane scales is used for commercial purposes, the
operating company of the crane scales must comply with
the legal working safety regulations. Therefore, the
safety notes in this operating manual, as well as the
safety, accident prevention and environment protection
regulations applying for the area of application of the
crane scales must be met. The following applies in par-ti-
cular:
- 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 of the crane
scales. She must implement these in form of oper-
ating manuals for the operation of the crane
scales.
- During the entire lifetime of the crane scales, the
operating company must verify whether the oper-
ating manuals prepared by her correspond to the
current 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 crane scales, have read
and understood this manual. Furthermore she
must instruct the staff in regular intervals and in-
form 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 crane scales 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 in-
tegrity.
WARNING!
This combination of symbol and signal words indi-
cates a potentially dangerous situation which may
lead to death or severe injury if not prevented.
CAUTION!
This combination of symbol and signal words indi-
cates a potentially dangerous situation which may
lead to slight or minor injury if not prevented.
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-ca-
tes a potentially dangerous situation which may lead
to material and environmental damage if not preven-
ted.
Tips and recommendations
This symbol highlights useful tips and recommenda-
tions as well as information for an efficient and trou-
ble-free operation.
