Silica/Dust Hazard; Vibration Hazard - Atlas Copco TEX 14PS Betriebsanleitung

Safety and Operating instructions

Silica/Dust hazard

Warning
Exposure to crystalline silica (sometimes called
'silica dust') as a result of breaking, drilling,
hammering, or other activities involving rock,
concrete, asphalt or other materials may cause
silicosis (a serious lung disease), silicosis-related
illnesses, cancer, or death. Silica is a major
component of rock, sand and mineral ores.
To reduce silica exposure:
► Use proper engineering controls to reduce the
amount of silica in the air and the build-up of
dust on equipment and surfaces. Examples of
such controls include: exhaust ventilation and
dust collection systems, water sprays, and wet
drilling. Make sure that controls are properly
installed and maintained.
► Wear, maintain, and correctly use approved
particulate respirators when engineering controls
alone are not adequate to reduce exposure
below permissible levels.
► Participate in air monitoring, medical exams,
and training programs offered by your employer
and when required by law.
► Wear washable or disposable protective clothes
at the worksite; shower and change into clean
clothes before leaving the worksite to reduce
exposure of silica to yourself, other persons,
cars, homes, and other areas.
► Do not eat, drink, or use tobacco products in
areas where there is dust containing crystalline
silica.
► Wash your hands and face before eating,
drinking, or using tobacco products outside of
the exposure area.
► Work with your employer to reduce silica
exposure at your worksite.
Warning
Some dust, fumes or other airborne material
created during use of the machine may contain
chemicals known to the State of California to cause
cancer and birth defects or other reproductive
harm. Some examples of such chemicals are:
► Crystalline silica and cement and other masonry
products.
► Arsenic and chromium from chemically-treated
rubber.
► Lead from lead based paints.
To reduce your exposure to these chemicals,
work in a well ventilated area, and work with
approved safety equipment, such as dust masks
that are specially designed to filter out microscopic
particles.
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Vibration hazard

Warning
Normal and proper use of the machine exposes
the operator to vibration. Regular and frequent
exposure to vibration may cause, contribute to,
or aggravate injury or disorders to the operator's
fingers, hands, wrists, arms, shoulders and/or
other body parts, including debilitating and/or
permanent injuries or disorders that may develop
gradually over periods of weeks, months, or years.
Such injury or disorder may include damage to the
blood circulatory system, damage to the nervous
system, damage to joints, and possibly damage to
other body structures.
If numbness, tingling, pain, clumsiness, weakened
grip, whitening of the skin, or other symptoms
occur at any time, when operating the machine
or when not operating the machine, do not
resume operating the machine and seek medical
attention. Continued use of the machine after the
occurrence of any such symptom may increase the
risk of symptoms becoming more severe and/or
permanent.
The following may help to reduce exposure to
vibration for the operator:
► Let the tool do the job. Use a minimum hand
grip consistent with proper control and safe
operation.
► When the percussion mechanism is activated,
the only body contact with the machine you
should have is your hands on the handles. Avoid
any other contact, e.g. supporting any part of the
body against the machine or leaning onto the
machine trying to increase the feed force. It is
also important not to keep the trigger engaged
while extracting the tool from the broken work
surface.
► Make sure that the inserted tool is well-
maintained (including sharp, if a cutting tool),
not worn out, and of the proper size. Insertion
tools that are not well-maintained, or that are
worn out, or that are not of the proper size result
in longer time to complete a task (and a longer
period of exposure to vibration) and may result
in or contribute to higher levels of vibration
exposure.
► Immediately stop working if the machine
suddenly starts to vibrate strongly. Before
resuming the work, find and remove the cause
of the increased vibrations.
► Comply with the recommended air-pressure
when operating the machine. Either higher or
lower air-pressure has the potential of resulting
in higher levels of vibration.
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No. 9800 0650 90 2005-12-07