AEC OS Series Gravimetric Batch Blenders - Manual (Page 26)

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2-5 General Responsibility
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE…
Safety is important. Owners, operators, and maintenance personnel must realize
that every day, safety is a vital aspect of their jobs.
If your main concern is loss of productivity, remember this: Production is always
affected in a negative way following an accident. The following are some of
the reasons, which can affect your production:
• Loss of a skilled operator (temporarily or permanently)
• Breakdown of shop morale
• Costly damage to equipment
• Down-time
An effective safety program is responsible and economically sound.
Organize a safety committee or group, and hold regular meetings. Promote this
group from the management level. Through this group, the safety program can be
continually reviewed, maintained, and improved. Keep minutes or a record of the
meetings.
Hold daily equipment inspections in addition to regular maintenance checks. You
will keep your equipment safe for production and exhibit your commitment to
safety.
Please read and use this manual as a guide to equipment safety. This manual
contains safety warnings throughout, specific to each function and point of
operation.
2-6 Operator Responsibility
The operator’s responsibility does not end with efficient production. The operator
usually has the most daily contact with the blender and intimately knows its
capabilities and limitations.
Plant and personnel safety is sometimes forgotten in the desire to meet incentive
rates, or through a casual attitude toward machinery formed over a period of
months or years. Your employer probably has established a set of safety rules in
your workplace. Those rules, this manual, or any other safety information will not
keep you from being injured while operating your equipment.
ONLY YOU can make safety work for you by constantly thinking about what is
safe and what is not. It is often the “just once” that an operator reaches into a
blender to remove material and it results in serious injury.
Learn and always use safe operation. Cooperate with co-workers to promote safe
practices. Immediately report any potentially dangerous situation to your
supervisor or appropriate person.