Presentation Of Information; Notes On Safety - Aventics PROFIBUS DP Betriebsanleitung

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About This Documentation
1.3

Presentation of information

To allow you to begin working with the product quickly and
safely, uniform safety instructions, symbols, terms, and
abbreviations are used in this documentation. For better
understanding, these are explained in the following sections.
1.3.1

Notes on Safety

In this documentation, there are safety instructions before the
steps whenever there is a risk of personal injury or damage to
equipment. The measures described to avoid these hazards
must be followed.
Safety instructions are set out as follows:
Type and source of risk
Consequences
O
Precautions
W
Safety sign: draws attention to the risk
W
Signal word: identifies the degree of hazard
W
Hazard type and source: identifies the hazard type and
source
W
Consequences: describes what occurs when the safety
instructions are not complied with
W
Precautions: states how the hazard can be avoided
Table 2: Hazard classes according to ANSI Z 535.6-2006
Safety sign, signal word
DANGER
WARNING
SIGNAL WORD
Meaning
Indicates a hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, will
certainly result in death or
serious injury.
Indicates a hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, could
result in death or serious
injury.