Form 14-11-00-00 version 10
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Paragon Pro Manufacturing Solutions All Rights Reserved.
Warning
Read and follow these warnings and the instructions that follow. Failure to do so could
result in serious property damage and/or serious bodily injury.
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• Use and maintenance of the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform
shall be limited to authorized personnel who are trained in the proper
techniques for its safe operation and maintenance and who are famil-
iar with the various hazards of using overhead access equipment.
• Such training shall be the responsibility of the equipment owner
under the direction of a designated Competent Person as defined
by OSHA [29 CFR 1926.32(f)].
• It shall be the responsibility of any and all users of the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform to:
-Become familiar with all aspects of assembly, operation and
necessary safety precautions
-Become familiar and comply with all federal, state and local stat-
utes, regulations, and/or codes.
•
READ AND COMPLY
with the most current version of
ANSI
Standard A10.8
,
•
DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO USE YOUR Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work
Platform IF ANY PART IS MISSING, DAMAGED OR WORN. ORDER
A REPLACEMENT PART IMMEDIATELY. Using a Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform with missing, damaged or worn compo-
nents can result in failure of the unit and possibly severe property
damage and/or serious bodily injury or death.
•
DANGER
! The Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform is made of
steel which conducts electricity.
KEEP THE UNIT AWAY FROM LIVE
ELECTRICAL WIRES.
Failure to do so could result in electrocution.
•
The weight capacity of the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform
is 550 lbs. (249 kg). DO NOT load the unit beyond this limit.
Failure
to follow this warning can result in damage to the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable
Work Platform contributing to a sudden failure of the equipment and
serious property damage and/or serious bodily injury or death.
• The Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform shall be used only on
hard, flat (slope not greater than 1/4 inch per foot) surfaces free of
obstructions, openings, pits and/or holes. Operate at room temperature,
avoid humidity and water.
•
DO NOT
extend working heights by standing on toe boards, guardrails,
planking guardrails, or by use of boxes or ladders or other devices on the
work platform.
•
USE ONLY
factory authorized accessories and replacement parts.
Installation or use of other parts can compromise the safe design of the
Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform and may cause failure of the unit
possibly resulting in serious property damage and/or serious bodily injury.
• Work only from the platform area of the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work
Platform. Use caution when reaching over or outside the guard rail
system to access work. Over extending can create a fall hazard.
•
DO NOT
extend the length or width of the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work
Platform beyond the manufacturer’s supplied design.
•
DO NOT
lay decks, planks, or any other form of staging or platform
across the toe boards of the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform.
Damage to the toe boards may result, making the Tele-Tower
®
unsafe.
• Persons climbing or descending the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work
Platform shall have both hands free for climbing and shall remove for-
eign substances such as, but not limited to, mud or grease, from their
shoes and hands.
•
DO NOT
attach any form of hoisting device to the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform that is not designed by Telpro Inc. specifi-
cally for use on the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform.
• When workers are at work on the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work
Platform and an overhead hazard exists, overhead protection shall
be provided and shall be positioned not more than 9 feet above the work
platform.
• Workers shall not work on the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform
during storms or high winds, as determined by a competent person.
• Tools, materials and debris shall not be allowed to accumulate so as to
create a hazard on the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform.
•
DO NOT
use the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform in or near
work involving corrosive substances, acids, chemical, or corrosive atmo-
spheres. Doing so can cause damage to the cable elevating system
and/or other components possibly resulting in failure which may result in
severe property damage and/or severe bodily injury.
•
DO NOT
use the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform in wet
environments, doing so may cause the caster brakes or other
components to malfunction or fail, possibly resulting in severe
property damage and/or severe bodily injury or death.
• Special precautions shall be taken to protect the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform components including the cable elevat-
ing system when a heat-producing process is in use, such as: welding,
grinding, torching, etc. The Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform com-
ponents that have been contacted by any heat-producing process shall
be considered to be permanently damaged and shall be replaced with
new components before the Tele-Tower
®
Adjustable Work Platform is
used.
•
BEFORE
operating this equipment, thoroughly read this
set of instructions, make sure you understand them, and
only then follow the step-by-step directions.
FAILURE TO READ AND FOLLOW THESE
INSTRUCTIONS
could result in failure of the equipment.
Failure of the equipment while the platform is raised
can include a sudden and rapid lowering of the platform
and load possibly resulting in serious property damage
and/or serious bodily injury or death.
Questions? - Call
Paragon Pro Manufacturing Solutions
Customer Service at 1-800-448-0822 or 701-775-0551