Safety notices and labels

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Review the safety notices and safety information labels before you use this product.

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IBM Systems Safety Notices

This publication contains the safety notices for the IBM® Systems products in English and other languages. Anyone who plans, installs, operates, or services the system must be familiar with and understand the safety notices. Read the related safety notices before you begin work.

Note: The IBM System Safety Notices document is organized into two sections. The danger and caution notices without labels are organized alphabetically by language in the Danger and caution notices by language section. The danger and caution notices that are accompanied with a label are organized by label reference number in the Labels section. You can download the most current version of IBM System Safety Notices at the following site: Environmental and safety notices.
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The following notices and statements are used in IBM documents. They are listed in order of decreasing severity of potential hazards.
Danger notice definition
A special note that emphasizes a situation that is potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to people.
Caution notice definition
A special note that emphasizes a situation that is potentially hazardous to people because of some existing condition, or to a potentially dangerous situation that might develop because of some unsafe practice.
Note: In addition to these notices, labels might be attached to the product to warn of potential hazards.

Finding translated notices

Each safety notice contains an identification number. You can use this identification number to check the safety notice in each language.

To find the translated text for a caution or danger notice:
  1. In the product documentation, look for the identification number at the end of each caution notice or each danger notice. In the following examples, the numbers (D002) and (C001) are the identification numbers.
    DANGER
    A danger notice indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing death or serious personal injury. (D002)
    CAUTION:
    A caution notice indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing moderate or minor personal injury. (C001)
  2. After you download the IBM System Safety Notices document, open it.
  3. Under the language, find the matching identification number. Review the topics about the safety notices to ensure that you are in compliance.