CHAPTER 2 – PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
Any adverse consequences resulting from the occurrence of a dangerous event.
The term Individual Protection Device (acronym DPI) refers to products that have
the function of safeguarding the worker (operator, maintainer, technician, etc.) that
you wear or take them with you, from health and safety risks.
Element totally deprived of normal ability to execute a required function.
Equipped or intended to be equipped with an activation system, composed of
parts or components, at least one of which moves, connected to each other solidly
for a well-established application.
Faulty or inappropriate operation of a machine or one of its elements performing
a particular function.
Expected measure to achieve risk reduction, implemented:
• By the designer (inherently safe design, additional protections and
protection measures, information for use) and/or
• By the user (organization: safe working procedures, surveillance, work
permits; provision and use of additional means of protection; use of
personal protective equipment; training).
Potential source of damage that, if not avoided, implicates a risk to the safety and
health of the people exposed.
Any person who is entirely or in part in a dangerous area.
The set of necessary provisions or measures, also according to the particularity of
the work, experience and technique, to avoid risks or reduce the chances of
happening.
Defense against what could harm. An element that is between those who can
suffer the damage and what can cause it for hazards that cannot be reasonably
eliminated or for risks that cannot be sufficiently reduced during design. We
distinguish:
• active protection that the operators themselves must activate (emergency
stops for example) and/or wear (DPI);
• passive protection that intervenes even without human command.
Physical barrier, designed as part of the machine, to provide protection.
Protection held in place (i.e. closed) or permanently (welded) or by means of
fastening systems (screws, bolts, etc.) that make it impossible to remove/open
without the help of tools (keys, screwdrivers or hex key). Easy-to-remove fasteners
are not allowed (e.g. plastic knob).
Barrier mechanically connected to the machine structure (e.g. with hinges or
guides) that can be opened without the use of tools.
Combination of the probabilities of damage and the severity of that damage.
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