Reddi-Arm Operator’s Manual
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Mandako Agri Marketing (2010) Ltd.
2.5 SAFETY TRAINING
• Safety is a primary concern in the design
and manufacture of our products.
Unfortunately, our efforts to provide safe
equipment can be wiped out by a single
careless act of an operator or bystander.
• Accident prevention and identifying hazards are
dependent upon the proper training of personnel.
Their awareness, concern, and common sense are
crucial when involved with the operation, transport,
maintenance and storage of the equipment.
•
Working with unfamiliar equipment can lead to
careless injuries. Read this manual to become
acquainted with the machine.
•
Whether the machine owner is the operator, loans or
rents it out, it is their responsibility to make certain
that the borrower reads and understands the
operator’s manuals.
•
Know your controls, how to stop the tow unit, the
engine, and machine quickly in an emergency.
•
Train all new personnel and review instructions
frequently with existing workers. Be certain only a
properly trained and physically able person will use
the machinery.
•
A person who has not read and understood all
operating and safety instructions is not qualified to
use the machine. An untrained operator exposes
himself and bystanders to the possibility of serious
injury or death.
•
If the elderly are assisting with the work, their
physical limitations need to be recognized and
accommodated.
2.6 PREPARATION
•
Never use the mower until you have read
this Manual, and the mower and power
unit’s Operator’s Manual. Take note of
each Safety Message found on the safety
decals on the Reddi Arm, mower, and
power unit.
• Personal protective equipment including a
hard hat, safety glasses, safety shoes, and
gloves are recommended during assembly
or installation, operation, adjustment,
maintaining or repairing, cleaning or
moving the unit.
•
Do not allow long hair, loose fitting
clothing, or jewelry to be around
equipment.
• PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO LOUD NOISE
MAY CAUSE PERMANENT HEARING LOSS!
•
Power equipment with or without
equipment attached can often be noisy
enough to cause permanent or partial
hearing loss. We recommend that you
wear hearing protection on a full-time
basis if the noise in the Operator’s position
exceeds 80db.
• Noise over 85db on a long-term basis can
cause severe hearing loss. Noise over
90db adjacent to the Operator over a
long-term basis may cause permanent,
total hearing loss.
NOTE:
Hearing loss from loud noise (from tractors, chain saws,
radios, and other such sources close to the ear) is
cumulative over a lifetime without hope of natural
recovery.
•
When towing with a tractor, use only with a
tractor equipped with an approved
Roll-Over-Protective-Structure (ROPS).
Always wear a seat belt. Serious injury or
even death could result from falling off the
tractor. If a roll-over occurs, the operator
could be pinned under the ROPS or inside
the tractor.