2 Safety and Accident Prevention
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2.5 Danger zone
• Nobody must be allowed to remain in the
danger zone of an earth-moving machine.
The danger zone encompasses the
area around the earth-moving machine
in which persons may be injured by
movements of the earth-moving
machine during operation, its work
implements and attachments, or by
swinging out or falling loads.
• The machine operator is only to work the earth-
moving machine if nobody is in the danger
zone.
• The machine operator must give a warning
signal to persons who may be in danger.
• The machine operator must stop work with the
earth-moving machine if someone remains in
the danger zone despite the warning.
• To ensure no danger of crushing, a sufficient
safety distance (min. 0.5 m) must be kept from
solid objects, e.g. buildings, excavation slopes,
scaffolding, other machines, etc.
• If the above safety distance cannot be
maintained, the area between solid objects and
the working zone of the earth-moving machine
must be blocked off.
• If conditions are such that the machine
operator’s view of the driving and working zone
is restricted, he must be guided or the driving
and working zone must be marked by a solid
barricade.
2.6 Transport of persons
The transport of persons on the machine is
forbidden.
2.7 Stability
• The earth-moving machine must be used,
driven and operated in such a manner that its
stability against overturning is ensured at all
times.
• The machine operator must drive at speeds
which are suitable for local conditions.
• The permitted payload of the earth-moving
machine must not be exceeded.
• The earth-moving machine must remain at a
sufficient distance from the edges of quarries,
pits, mounds and slopes to ensure there is no
risk of falling.
• Earth-moving machines must be secured so
that they cannot roll or slip when in the vicinity
of excavations, shafts, ditches, pits and slopes.
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