Residual Risk Description And Assessment - JUKI SADE Operating Instructions Manual

2.11 Residual risk description and assessment

Industrial sewing machine SADE is designed and constructed in accordance with the
current state of the art and the applicable standards. Despite the efforts of the manufac-
turer to ensure the safety and elimination of hazards when using the machine, some el-
ements of risk during operation cannot be avoided. They usually result from sewing: not
intended kinds of materials. The residual risk may arise in emergency situations, arising
in particular from disregarding the operating instructions or from not paying proper at-
tention during the user-machine interaction.
The highest hazard occurs when conducting the following, prohibited activities:
— operation of the machine by children, persons underage or untrained, or not familiar
with the operating instructions,
— operation by persons under the influence of alcohol or other drugs,
— staying bystanders in dangerous zones around machine working,
— checking the technical condition, cleaning, conducting repairs, regulation and
maintenance while machine is conducted to power mains or is not-stopped,
— touching by parts of the body to electrical cables, cutting or damaging them,
— cleaning machine by water jet,
— using the machine not as intended and to other purposes than described in the in-
struction,
— touching by body parts to danger machine zones while machine is running or when it
is connected to the power supply,
— using an open flame by the machine.
It is possible to limit the residual risk to minimum provided that the following recommen-
dations are fulfilled:
— carefully reading and following the operating instructions,
— do not touch by parts of the body to danger machine zones while machine is running
or when it is connected to the power supply,
— there is forbidden: conducting repairs, regulation and maintenance during operation
and while machine is connected to power supply or when machine is running,
— conducting of machine repairs only by authorized and trained persons,
— use of lifting equipment with sufficient capacity,
— machine protection from access by unauthorized persons,
— cutting off power from the machine whenever you're not working the machine (e.g.
on downtime), and when you perform maintenance work on the machine,
— following the health and safety rules at work,
— the use of personal protective equipment,
— operation, maintenance and repairing by untrained persons and not in compliance
with the operating instructions and general safety rules is forbidden.
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Industrial Sewing Machine SADE