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3.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
3.1.
General safety instructions
• Do not operate the product unless you are of age.
• The person responsible for the use of the product must make sure that all of the safety rules in
force in the country of its use are applied, to guarantee that the equipment is used in conformity
with the use for which it is destined and to avoid any dangerous situation for the user.
• The operator should wear safety shoes and gloves when using or maintaining the bale gripper.
• People who come into contact with this equipment and apply procedures, working practices or
use tools that are not described in this manual are responsible for the safe and proper operation
of the equipment.
• Never allow people to climb on the equipment or load, or walk under it.
• Do not use the bale gripper for any other purposes than those intended.
• Never exceed the maximum allowed capacity that is indicated on the type plate.
• The safety precautions and warnings are indicated in the manual and on the equipment by
means of visual messages.
• Failure to pay attention to these warning messages may jeopardise the safety of the operator
with serious consequences for himself and for other people.
• Read the operating manual before using the equipment.
• Before taking the bale gripper into operation in combination with a telehandler or tractorloader,
it must be inspected by a certified organization.
• Always comply with the general safety regulations relating to working with a telehandler or
tractor-loader.
In addition to the safety regulations described in this section, please take note of all the
information provided in the manual of the lifting device onto which the bale gripper is to be
mounted.
Failure to comply with the basic safety norms or precautions may lead to accidents during
operation, maintenance or repair of the equipment. It is often possible to avoid accidents by
recognising potentially dangerous situations before they occur. The operator must be aware
of potential dangers and possess the training, competence and the equipment necessary to
correctly carry out the work.
CAM attachments cannot under any circumstances be held responsible for accidents or damage
resulting from the use of the equipment by inadequately trained personnel or if inappropriate
use has been made of the same, as well as the, even partial, non-observance of the safety norms
and the intervention procedures contained in the present manual and in that of your lifting
device.
CAM attachments cannot envisage each possible circumstance that may result in danger.
Therefore, the warnings given in this publication and which appear on the equipment are not
exhaustive.
In the event that equipment, procedures, work methods or working techniques are used that
are not specifically advised by the CAM attachments company, it is necessary to make sure that
there is no danger to the operator or other people.