Original Operating Manual - ROPA Fahrzeug

1.7 Safety and health protection
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1 Safety
The stipulations and regulations listed below must be rigorously observed in order to
reduce the risk of personal injury and/or property damage. Furthermore, the regionally
applicable regulations and instructions on safety at work and for safe handling of selfpropelled
processing machines must be observed in any case.
For safety reasons, anyone working with the machine must have read and understood
the operating instructions at hand. He must also be familiar with the applicable
regulations on safety atwork and health protection regulations.
For safe operation of the machine, the applicable health protection regulations, the
relevant national work safety regulations
or equivalent applicable national work safety and
health protection regulations of other member states of the European Union or other
states which have signed the agreement on the European Economic Area must be
rigorously applied.
The operator is obliged to provide the applicable regulations in their current versions free
of charge to the machine operator.
– The machine may only be used for its Intended purpose and in compliance with
these operating instructions.
– The machine must be used and operated in such a manner that its stability is
guaranteed at any time.
– The machine may not be operated in enclosed rooms.
– The effectiveness of operatinng and adjusting components may not be impaired or
overridden in an impermissible manner.
1.8 Requirements for operating and maintenance personnel
The independent operation and maintenance of the machine is restricted exclu
sively to persons who are of age and:
– must have a required and valid drivers license (when driving on public roads),
– are physically and mentally suitable,
– are not under the influence of drugs, alcohol or medicine which may impair the
reactions of the machine operator in any manner,
– have been instructed about operation and maintenance of the machine and have
proven their ability to the entrepreneur,
– have been instructed by the entrepreneur about their special obligation for safe
driving of the machine,
– are familiar with the vicinity and it may be expected that they will reliably discharge
the tasks assigned to them,
– who are specifically authorized by the entrepreneur.
Chapter 1
Safety