Safety Directions - Leica AT500 User Manual

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Description
About warning
messages

Safety Directions

Safety Directions
General Introduction
The following directions enable the person responsible for the product, and
the person who actually uses the equipment, to anticipate and avoid opera-
tional hazards.
The person responsible for the product must ensure that all users under-
stand these directions and adhere to them.
Warning messages are an essential part of the safety concept of the instru-
ment. They appear wherever hazards or hazardous situations can occur.
Warning messages...
make the user alert about direct and indirect hazards concerning the
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use of the product.
contain general rules of behaviour.
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For the users' safety, all safety instructions and safety messages shall be
strictly observed and followed! Therefore, the manual must always be avail-
able to all persons performing any tasks described here.
DANGER, WARNING, CAUTION and NOTICE are standardised signal words
for identifying levels of hazards and risks related to personal injury and
property damage. For your safety, it is important to read and fully under-
stand the following table with the different signal words and their defini-
tions! Supplementary safety information symbols may be placed within a
warning message as well as supplementary text.
Type
DANGER
WARNING
CAUTION
NOTICE
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Description
Indicates an imminently hazardous situ-
ation which, if not avoided, will result in
death or serious injury.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation
or an unintended use which, if not
avoided, could result in death or serious
injury.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation
or an unintended use which, if not
avoided, may result in minor or moderate
injury.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation
or an unintended use which, if not
avoided, may result in appreciable material,
financial and environmental damage.
Important paragraphs which must be
adhered to in practice as they enable the
product to be used in a technically correct
and efficient manner.
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