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Personal Safety
9.
Fall Hazards
DANGER
• Always use a safety harness in the
platform. All persons in the platform
must comply with employer, work
area, and local and national safety
regulations regarding the use of
personal protective equipment. All
personal protective equipment must
comply with applicable regulations,
and must be inspected and used in
accordance with their manufacturerʼs
instructions.
• All personal fall protective equipment
must be attached to only
the authorized lanyard
anchorage points provided
in the platform.
Exposure Hazards
WARNING
• Wear personal protective equipment
such as gloves, work shoes, eye and
hearing protection as required by the
task at hand.
• Never wear jewelry, unbuttoned cuff s,
ties or loose-fi tting clothing when you
are working near moving / rotating
parts such as the cooling fan or
fl ywheel.
• Always tie back long hair when you are
working near moving / rotating parts
such as a cooling fan or fl ywheel.
• Never operate the machine while
wearing a headset to listen to music or
radio because it will be diffi
cult to hear
the alert signals.
Alcohol and Drug Hazards
WARNING
• Never operate the machine while you
are under the infl uence of alcohol or
drugs.
• Never operate the machine when you
are feeling ill.
Traveling Precautions
10.
• Surfaces on which you must avoid
traveling or working.
DANGER
Never travel or work on the following
surfaces. Doing so is very dangerous
and may cause the machine to tip over
or the platform to collide with building
structures.
(1) Do not travel or work on soft or uneven
surfaces with level diff erences. In particular,
ground foundations are unstable on earth
fi lls, around dug out trenches, and on the
shoulder of roads, and may give way due
to the weight or vibration of the machine.
Particular caution is necessary after rain
which may cause soil foundations to
become loose.
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(2) If the machine leans slightly to one side
when traveling over small trenches or
steps on surfaces, this will cause an
extremely large vibration to the platform
if the boom is extended. When traveling,
fully retract the boom and lower the
boom angle near to horizontal.
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