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Council Directive 92/58/EEC of 24 June 1992 on the minimum requirements for the provision of safety and /or health signs at work (ninth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)

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2. Specific rules governing use

2.1.The persons involved must have a good knowledge of the language used so that they are able to pronounce and understand the spoken message correctly and consequently behave in a way which is appropriate to health and /or safety.

2.2.If verbal communication is used instead of — or together with — gestures, code words should be used such as:

—start
to indicate the start of a command
—stop
to interrupt or end a movement
—end
to stop the operation
—raise
to have a load raised
—lower
to have a load lowered
—forwards
to be coordinated with the corresponding hand signals
—backwards
—right
—left
—danger
for an emergency stop
—quickly
to speed up a movement for safety reasons.

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