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Fig. 32 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT
Fig. 33 POSITIONED
20. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):
Each person must wear appropriate personal
protective equipment whenever operating the
chipper or working in the vicinity. This equip-
ment is designed to prevent injury to any
personnel in the area. This list includes but is
not limited to:
• Safety shoes with slip resistant soles.
• Safety goggles or face shield.
• Hearing protection.
• Heavy or leather gloves.
21. Operating Hints:
a. Keep the working area clean and free of de-
bris to prevent slipping or tripping. Oper-
ate only on level ground.
b. Do not place hands or any body parts into
the feed hopper during operation. Use
the feed rollers to move material into the
rotor rather than your hands.
c. Do not point discharge at people, animals
or buildings. Rotor can expel wood chips
fast enough to cause injury.
d. Use care when feeding material into the
chipper. Do not send metal, bottles, cans,
rocks, glass or other foreign material into
the wood chipper. If foreign material en-
ters chipper, stop machine, turn engine off
and place ignition key in your pocket and
wait for all moving parts to stop before
removing material and/or unplugging. In-
spect machine for damaged or loose parts
before resuming work.
