Safety Instructions - Aventics AS-i Betriebsanleitung

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1.3.1

Safety instructions

This documentation contains safety instructions before any
steps that involve a risk of personal injury or damage to
property. The measures described to avoid these hazards must
be observed.
Safety instructions are set out as follows:
Hazard type and source
Consequences
Precautions
O
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
W
source
Consequences: describes what occurs when the safety
W
instructions are not complied with
Precautions: states how the hazard can be avoided
W
Table 2: Hazard classes according to ANSI Z 535.6-2006
Safety sign, signal word
DANGER
WARNING
CAUTION
NOTICE
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.
Indicates a hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, could result in
minor or moderate injury.
Indicates that damage may be
inflicted on the product or the
environment.