Operator Responsibility; Qualification Of The Staff - Holzstar HBS 231-1 Instruction Manual

Safety
ATTENTION!
This combination of symbol and signal term indica-
tes a potentially hazardous situation which may
cause minor or light injuries if it is not averted.
NOTE!
This combination of symbol and signal term indica-
tes a potentially dangerous situation which may
cause material damage or harm the environment if it
is not averted.
Tips and recommendations
Tips and recommendations
This symbol highlights useful tips and recommenda-
tions as well as information for efficient and reliable
operation.
Observe the safety information in these operating in-
structions to minimise the risk of personal injury as well
as material damage and prevent hazardous situations.

2.2 Operator responsibility

Operators are defined as the persons who operate the
machine for commercial or profit-based purposes or pro-
vide the machine to third parties for use or application
and bear the legal product responsibility in terms of the
protection of users, staff or third parties during operation.
Obligations of the operator:
If the machine is used for commercial purposes, opera-
tors are subject to the legal stipulations in terms of occu-
pational safety. For this reason, the safety instructions in
these operating instructions as well as the safety, acci-
dent prevention and environmental protection regulati-
ons valid at the installation location must be complied
with. In this process, the following shall apply in particu-
lar:
- Operators shall obtain information about valid oc-
cupational safety regulations and determine addi-
tional hazards as part of a risk assessment which
result from the specific operating conditions at the
machine's installation location. Said risk as-
sessment shall be reflected in operating instructi-
ons for machine operation.
- During the entire machine operating time operators
must check whether the operating instructions they
created meet current standards and adapt the ope-
rating instructions where necessary.
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- Operators shall clearly manage and specify the re-
sponsibilities for installation, operation, trouble-
shooting, maintenance and cleaning.
- Operators must make sure that all persons hand-
ling the machine have read and understood these
operating instructions. Operators must also regu-
larly train staff and notify of the hazards.
- Operators shall provide staff with the required pro-
tective equipment and wearing the required protec-
tive equipment shall be mandatory.
Operators shall also be responsible for maintaining the
machine in a technically perfect condition. For this rea-
son, the following shall apply:
- Operators shall make sure that the maintenance in-
tervals described in these operating instructions
are complied with.
- Operators shall regularly check that the safety
equipment is fully functional and complete.

2.3 Qualification of the staff

The different tasks described in these operating instructi-
ons require different levels of skills in terms of the qualifi-
cations of operating staff working with the machine.
WARNING!
Risk from inadequately qualified
persons!
Inadequately qualified persons are unable to assess
the risks when handling the machine, thus putting
themselves and others at risk of severe injuries.
- All work must be carried out by qualified persons
only.
- Keep inadequately qualified persons and children
away from the work area.
Exclusively persons of whom it can be expected that
they reliably complete assigned tasks shall be authori-
sed to carry out any tasks. Persons whose reactions
have been impaired shall not be authorized, e.g. drug
users, users under the influence of alcohol or medica-
tion.
These operating instructions specify the following perso-
nal qualifications for the different tasks:
Operating staff:
Operating staff has undergone an induction by the ope-
rator about the entrusted tasks and potential hazards re-
sulting from improper behaviour. Tasks which go beyond
normal operation may only be carried out by the operator
if they are listed in the operation manual and the opera-
tor has made him/herself familiar with them.
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