Safety Directions; General Introduction - Leica CS20 User Manual

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Description
About Warning
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CS20, 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 operational hazards.
The person responsible for the product must ensure that all users understand these
directions and adhere to them.
Warning messages are an essential part of the safety concept of the instrument. They
appear wherever hazards or hazardous situations can occur.
Warning messages...
• make the user alert about direct and indirect hazards concerning the use of the
product.
• contain general rules of behaviour.
For the users' safety, all safety instructions and safety messages shall be strictly
observed and followed! Therefore, the manual must always be available to all persons
performing any tasks described herein.
DANGER, WARNING, CAUTION and NOTICE are standardized signal words for iden-
tifying levels of hazards and risks related to personal injury and property damage. For
your safety it is important to read and fully understand the table below with the
different signal words and their definitions! Supplementary safety information
symbols may be placed within a warning message as well as supplementary text.
Type Description
Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not
DANGER
avoided, will result in death or serious injury.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or an unintended
WARNING
use which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or an unintended
CAUTION
use which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate
injury.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or an unintended
NOTICE
use which, if not avoided, may result in appreciable material,
financial and environmental damage.
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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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