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GLOSSARY (ANNEX I POINT. 1.1.1 DIR. 2006/42/EC)
HAZARD
A potential source of injury or damage to health;
DANGER ZONE
Any zone within and/or around machinery in which a person is subject to a risk to his health or safety;
EXPOSED PERSON
Any person wholly or partially in a danger zone;
OPERATOR
The person or persons installing, operating, adjusting, maintaining, cleaning, repairing or moving
machinery;
RISK
A combination of the probability and the degree of an injury or damage to health that can arise in a
hazardous situation;
GUARD
A part of the machinery used specifically to provide protection by means of a physical barrier;
PROTECTIVE DEVICE
A device (other than a guard) which reduces the risk, either alone or in conjunction with a guard;
INTENDED USE
The use of machinery in accordance with the information provided in the instructions for use;
REASONABLY FORESEEABLE MISUSE
The use of the machinery in a way not intended in the instructions for use, but which may result from
readily predictable human behaviour.
OTHER DEFINITIONS
MAN-MACHINERY INTERACTION
Any situation in which the operator interacts with machinery in any of the operating phases during the
lifecycle of the machinery.
OPERATOR QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum level of skill that an operator must have to carry out the described operation.
NUMBER OF OPERATORS
The suitable number of operators, able to carry out the operation described in an optimal way, as established
by a careful manufacturer analysis, whereby a different number of operators might not make it possible
to obtain the expected result or might endanger the safety of the personnel involved.
STATE OF THE MACHINE
The state of the machine includes operating modes, for example automatic running mode, jog command,
stop, etc., the condition of the safety devices on the machines such as protection devices provided (or not
provided), pressed emergency button, type of isolation from energy sources, etc.
RESIDUAL RISK
Risks that persist despite the adoption of the protective measures included in the design of the machine
and despite the additional protective devices and measures adopted.
SAFETY DEVICE
Device:
• That carries out a safety function;
• which, when faulty and/or broken, endangers the safety of people. (e.g. lifting equipment; fixed, mobile,
adjustable protective device, etc., electric, electronic, optical, pneumatic, hydraulic device interlocking
a protection device, etc.).
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