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ties may be on or off the premises.
Maintenance and inspection of the vehicle should be performed in conformance
with the manufacturer’s recommendations and the following practices.
•
A scheduled preventive maintenance, lubrication, and inspection system
should be followed.
•
Only qualified and authorized personnel should be permitted to maintain,
repair, adjust, and inspect vehicles.
•
Block chassis before working underneath it.
•
Operations to check performance of the vehicle should be conducted in an
authorized area where safe clearance exists.
•
Before commencing operation of the vehicle, follow the manufacturer’s
instructions and recommended procedures.
•
Avoid fire hazards and have fire protection equipment present in the work
area. Do not use an open flame to check level or leakage of battery elec-
trolyte.
•
Properly ventilate the work area.
•
Brakes, steering mechanisms, speed and directional control mechanisms,
warning devices, lights, guards, and safety devices should be inspected
regularly and maintained in a safe operating condition.
•
Special vehicles designed and approved for hazardous area operation
should be inspected to ensure that maintenance preserves the original
approved safe operating features.
•
Vehicles should be kept in a clean condition to minimize fire hazards and
facilitate detection of loose or defective parts.
•
Modification and additions which affect capacity and safe machine oper-
ation should not be performed by the customer or user without manufac-
turer’s prior written authorization; where authorized modifications have
been made, the user should ensure that capacity, operation, warning, and
maintenance instruction plates, tags, or decals are changed accordingly.
•
Care should be taken to ensure that all replacement parts are interchange-
able with the original parts and of a quality at least equal to that provided
in the original equipment.
Maintenance Operations
Like other machines, this vehicle can cause injury if improperly used or maintained.
This section contains broad safety practices recommended for safe vehicle opera-
tions. Before operation, the controlling party should establish such additional spe-
cific safety practices as may be reasonably required for safe operations.
Experience has shown that vehicles which comply with the provisions stated are
safe when properly operated in accordance with the safety and operation.
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