Safety Messages; Signal Words In Safety Messages; Structure Of Safety Messages - Siemens Hematek 3000 System Instruction Manual

2.3

Safety messages

2.3.1

Signal words in safety messages

Signal word
DANGER
WARNING
CAUTION
NOTICE
Table 2-1 Signal words
2.3.2

Structure of safety messages

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Hematek 3000 System – Instruction Manual – Version 1.3
All safety messages must be observed to avoid hazardous situations which
can result in death, injury or damage to the equipment.
The following explains the signal words and their meaning.
Meaning
Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death
or serious injury
Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in
death or serious injury
Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor
or moderate injury
Indicates a property damage message
The following explains the structure of safety messages.
WARNING
This section states nature and source of the hazard.
This section states potential consequences of not avoiding the hazard. This
section may be combined with the previous section.
• This section lists preventive actions to avoid the hazard.
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