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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
1 P
URPOSE OF
M
ANUAL
................................................................................................................................... vii
2 S
COPE
.......................................................................................................................................................... vii
3 W
HO
S
HOULD
U
SE
, S
ERVICE
,
AND
M
AINTAIN
T
HIS
E
QUIPMENT
...................................................................... vii
4 B
EFORE
P
LACING THE
A
ERIAL IN
S
ERVICE
.................................................................................................... viii
4.1 H
YDRAULIC
O
IL
A
NALYSIS
................................................................................................................ viii
4.2 I
NSPECTING THE
A
ERIAL
................................................................................................................... viii
5 C
USTOMER
A
SSISTANCE
I
NFORMATION
......................................................................................................... viii
6 A
CCIDENT
R
EPORTING AND
I
NVESTIGATION
..................................................................................................... ix
SECTION 1. SAFETY
1-1 I
NTRODUCTION
............................................................................................................................................. 1-1
1-1.1 T
O THE
O
WNER
.............................................................................................................................. 1-1
1-1.2 T
O THE
O
PERATOR
......................................................................................................................... 1-2
1-1.3 M
ULTIPLE
M
ANUALS
R
EQUIRED
....................................................................................................... 1-2
1-1.3a C
HASSIS
............................................................................................................................. 1-2
1-1.3b P
UMP
& B
ODY
.................................................................................................................... 1-2
1-1.3c F
OAM
................................................................................................................................. 1-3
1-1.3d A
LL
-S
TEER
......................................................................................................................... 1-3
1-1.4 I
NTENDED
U
SE
................................................................................................................................ 1-3
1-1.5 FAMA S
AFETY
G
UIDE
..................................................................................................................... 1-3
1-1.6 P
ARADES AND
P
UBLIC
E
VENTS
........................................................................................................ 1-3
1-2 S
AFETY
A
LERTS
........................................................................................................................................... 1-3
1-2.1 D
ESCRIPTION OF
“DANGER,” “WARNING,”
AND
“CAUTION” ......................................................... 1-3
1-3 L
IST OF
A
BBREVIATIONS
............................................................................................................................... 1-4
1-4 P
REPARE FOR
S
AFE
O
PERATION
.................................................................................................................. 1-5
1-4.1 A
ERIAL
D
EVICE
I
NSPECTION
............................................................................................................ 1-5
1-5 S
ECURE
Y
OUR
E
QUIPMENT
........................................................................................................................... 1-6
1-5.1 A
ERIAL
A
PPARATUS
H
OSE
C
HUTES
................................................................................................. 1-6
1-5.2 H
OSE
R
ESTRAINT
............................................................................................................................ 1-7
1-5.3 E
QUIPMENT
M
OUNTING AND
S
TORAGE
............................................................................................. 1-7
1-6 A
CCESS
Y
OUR
A
PPARATUS
S
AFELY
............................................................................................................. 1-8
1-6.1 C
LIMBING AND
W
ORKING ON THE
A
PPARATUS
.................................................................................. 1-8
1-6.2 NFPA D
ESIGNATED
W
ALKWAYS
...................................................................................................... 1-9
1-6.3 C
OMPARTMENT
D
OORS
................................................................................................................... 1-9
1-7 R
IDE
S
AFELY
............................................................................................................................................. 1-10
1-7.1 R
IDING ON
E
XTERIOR
.................................................................................................................... 1-10