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PRIOR TO INSTALLATION
Check for damage during shipment. Place claim with carrier if any damage is discovered. DO NOT install or use a damaged
lever hoist.
Check and verify that structure or other equipment that will support the lever hoist has a rated load capacity equal to or
greater than the rated load capacity of the lever hoist to be used.
OPERATION
Before initial operation of hoist:
1. Read and comply with all instructions and warnings furnished with or attached to lever hoist.
2. Check lubricant.
3. Check operation of brake.
4. Check that chain is properly seated in sheaves and that chain is not twisted, kinked, or damaged.
Before each shift:
1. Inspect hooks for nicks, gouges, cracks, and signs of pulling apart or twisting.
2. Inspect hook latch for proper operation.
3. Check chain for kinks or twists.
4. Check operation of brake.
5. Replace warning label if missing or illegible.
Before operating:
1. Be certain all personnel are clear of the load to be lifted and moved.
2. Make sure load will clear stock piles, machinery, or other obstructions when hoisting and travelling the load.
3. Eliminate any twists or kinks in the load chain.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
A. READ these instructions and ASME B30.21, Safety Standard for Manually Operated Lever Hoists before installing,
operating, or maintaining this equipment.
B. WARN personnel of approaching loads.
C. DO NOT
1. Lift more than rated load.
2. Operate lever hoist when it is restricted from forming a straight line with the direction of loading.
3. Operate with twisted, kinked, or damaged chain.
4. Operate if chain is not seated in sheaves or sprockets.
5. Wrap chain around load or use chain as a sling.
6. Operate unless load is properly applied to the saddle or bowl of the hook.
7. Operate if load is applied to the tip of the hook.
8. Operate with damaged or missing hook latches.
9. Lift people or lift loads over people.
10. Operate with side-pulling or side-loading of load to lever hoist.
11. Operate a damaged or malfunctioning lever hoist.
12. Operate with other than hand power.
13. Remove, deface, or obscure warning label or labels on lever hoist.
14. Leave load suspended when lever hoist is unattended unless specific precautions have been instituted and are in place.
15. Lengthen load chain or repair damaged load chain by welding.
16. Use chain as a ground for welding.
17. Hammer on lever.
18. Use extensions on lever.
19. Lift one load with more than one lever hoist, unless each lever hoist is rated to support the entire load in the event
one or more lever hoists is disabled, shifting load to the other lever hoists.
