RMX SERIES
1-41
R M X S e r i e s
T e r e x S o u t h D a k o t a
4 8 3 0 1 8 - 3 / 1 5
OPERA
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ION GUIDELINES
USE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT SUITABLE FOR THE WORK BEING PERFORMED:
• Wear your rubber gloves and sleeves when working on or near electrical equipment.
• Install hose, covers, and mats on all energized and grounded conductors.
• Wear protective and insulated headgear.
• Use a platform liner.
• Death or serious injury could result from such contact or inadequate clearance.
Study the movements required to reach the work location. Use a feathering technique with control levers to
ease the Aerial Device to smooth starts and stops. Use low speeds, when approaching the aerial job site.
Use high speed only between ground and job site and job site and ground. Always look in the direction the
Aerial Device is traveling to be certain there is clearance for the boom(s), platform, and operator.
Be aware of any obstacles the lower boom may strike if rotated or elevated, and any objects that the booms
may come close to as movements are made.
If equipped with engine throttle control, use low engine speed if extended time will be spent at one site.
Do not move the vehicle with personnel in the platform. This Aerial Device is not
designed for this type of operation. All passengers must be seated in vehicle according to
manufacturer’s designated positions.
Do not leave the platform to build trestles between the platform and another work
location.
Avoid careless handling of tools and equipment while aloft. Use a tool tray to help prevent
dropping items. Keep all ground personnel away from the area directly under the work
point unless absolutely necessary, and caution them that it is necessary to be constantly
on the alert for possible falling items.
Use orange hose marked NON-CONDUCTIVE for tool hoses, at the boom tip, and areas
that bridge the insulation gap.
Do not let hoses hang where they can catch on or contact energized conductors or
grounded conductors on any structure.
The Aerial Device upper control station has metallic parts, which are necessary to
provide the structural support for the various components. These metallic parts are
interconnected. The main shaft that supports the platform and controls must also support
other load carrying options that can be added to the boom tip.
The fiberglass upper and lower boom, in a well maintained condition, provides electrical
insulation between the boom tip and the truck as a potential to ground. This fiberglass will
not protect the operator in the platform if any portion of the boom tip, including options, is
brought into contact with an energized or non-energized conductor and the operator is in
contact with a different potential, such as, a grounded non-energized conductor. This
type of contact can energize or ground the controls because as stated before, all
components of the boom tip are interconnected. The fiberglass will not provide protection
for the operator in phase to phase contact or a phase to ground contact, nor will it protect
the vehicle from becoming energized if the steel boom section below the lower boom
insert, if so equipped, is brought into contact with an energized conductor.
Do not depend on Aerial Device covers for insulation. Plastic or fiberglass covers offer
limited electrical insulation. Covers are not tested, certified or maintained as insulating.
