Safety
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Page 6 Drilling-Milling machine BF 20 Vario ; BF 20 L Vario Version 3.1.4 9 / 03 / 2010
1.1 Safety warnings (warning notes)
1.1.1 Classification of hazards
We classify the safety warnings into various levels. The table below gives an overview of the
classification of symbols (pictograms) and warnings for the specific danger and its (possible)
consequences.
Pictogram
Alarm expres-
sion
Definition/Consequences
DANGER!
Imminent danger that will cause serious injury or death to
persons.
WARNING!
Risk: a danger that might cause serious injury or death to
persons.
CAUTION!
Danger or unsafe procedure that might cause injury to
persons or damage to property.
ATTENTION!
Situation that could cause damage to the drilling-milling
machine and to the product and other types of damage.
No risk of injury to persons.
INFORMATION
Application tips and other important/helpful or useful infor-
mation and notes.
No dangerous or harmful consequences for persons or
objects.
In the case of specific dangers, we replace the pictogram by
or
general
danger
with a warning
of
injuries to
hands,
hazardous
electrical
voltage,
rotating parts.