SAFETY
SAFETY
Read and understand this manual and all safety signs
before opera ng and maintaining. Review the safety
instruc ons and precau ons annually.
CAUTION
Indicates a poten ally hazardous situa on that, if not
avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury. It may
also be used to alert against unsafe prac ces.
TAKE NOTE! THIS SAFETY ALERT
SYMBOL FOUND THROUGHOUT THIS
MANUAL IS USED TO CALL YOUR
ATTENTION TO INSTRUCTIONS
INVOLVING YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY
AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE
INSTRUCTIONS CAN RESULT IN INJURY OR
DEATH.
This symbol means:
•
Pay A en on!
•
Become Alert!
•
Your safety is involved!
SAFETY SIGNAL WORDS
Note the use of the signal words
DANGER, WARNING
AND CAUTION
with the safety messages. The appropriate
signal word for each has been selected using the following
guidelines:
DANGER
Indicates an imminently hazardous situa on that, if not
avoided, will result in death or serious injury. This signal
word is to be limited to the most extreme situa ons
typically for machine components which, for func onal
purposes, cannot be guarded.
WARNING
Indicates a poten ally hazardous situa on that, if not
avoided, could result in death or serious injury, and
includes hazards that are exposed when guards are
removed. It may also be used to alert against unsafe
prac ces.
SAFETY GUIDELINES
Safety of the operator is one of the main concerns in
designing and developing a new piece of equipment.
Designers and manufacturers build in as many safety
features as possible. However, every year many accidents
occur which could have been avoided by a few seconds of
thought and a more careful approach to handling
equipment. You, the operator, can avoid many accidents
by observing the following precau ons in this sec on. To
avoid personal injury, study the following precau ons and
insist those working with you, or for you, follow them.
•Replace any
DANGER, WARNING OR CAUTION
or
instruc on safety decal that is not readable or is missing.
•Do not a empt to operate this equipment under the
influence of drugs or alcohol.
•Review the safety instruc ons with all users annually.
•This equipment is dangerous to children and persons
unfamiliar with its opera on. The operator should be a
responsible adult familiar with farm machinery and
trained in this equipment’s opera ons.
Do not allow
persons to operate or assemble this unit un l they have
read this manual and have developed a thorough
understanding of the safety precau ons and of how it
works.
•To prevent injury or death, use a tractor equipped with a
roll over protec ve system (ROPS).
•Do not paint over, remove or deface any safety signs or
warning decals on your equipment.
•Observe all safety signs and prac ce the instruc ons on
them.
•Never exceed the limits of a piece of machinery. If its
ability to do a job, or to do so safely, is in ques on ‐
DON’T TRY IT.
DECAL PRECAUTIONS
•Keep safety signs clean and legible at all mes.
•Replace safety signs that are missing or have become
illegible.
•Replaced parts that displayed a safety sign should also
display the current sign.
•Safety signs are available from your distributor or dealer
parts department or the factory.
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