Scheduled Maintenance; Maintenance Responsibilities; Routine Checks - SCOTT HEALTH & SAFETY SABRE ELSA Instrucciones Para El Usuario

ELSA
9. Check that there is a steady flow of
air into the hood.
10. Breathe normally. LEAVE THE
HAZARD AREA IMMEDIATELY.
11. When clear of the hazard area,
insert thumbs under the neck seal and
remove the hood.
12. When the cylinder is almost empty
the warning whistle sounds. Beyond this
point carbon dioxide within the hood will
increase and the hood must be removed
as soon as it is safe to do so.
13. Once the apparatus has been used
it must be returned to be serviced and
have the cylinder re-charged.
4. SCHEDULED
MAINTENANCE
4.1 MAINTENANCE
RESPONSIBILITIES
Wearer maintenance options:
•
No wearer maintenance.
•
Wearer performs daily (or monthly)
checks.
•
Wearer performs daily (or monthly)
checks, cleans and when the
apparatus has been used, prepares
the apparatus for future use.
Your Safety Officer will advise which of
the above applies.
Maintenance tasks not performed by
wearers must be referred to a properly
equipped and trained service facility.
DO NOT perform maintenance tasks
unless you have been trained and tasked
to do so by a qualified, responsible
expert.
It is a mandatory requirement that ELSA
units are function-tested annually to
ensure that the air supply is flowing freely
from the cylinder into the hood. This test
must only be carried out by personnel
who have completed a formal training
course and hold a current certificate for
the servicing and repair of escape
equipment manufactured by Scott Health
and Safety Limited.
4.2

ROUTINE CHECKS

It is a mandatory requirement that all
escape apparatus shall be checked at
monthly intervals.
In addition, apparatus issued to wearers
should be checked when issued and daily
thereafter.
Apparatus held in ready-use lockers
should be checked daily.
Apparatus held ready for use in a central
store must be checked monthly.
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