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Inc. All rights reserved.
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GENERAL WARNING
Read this general warning first.
In suspended platform operations, safety is a matter of life or death for riggers,
operators and by-standers. This warning is your share of duties for achieving safety.
YOUR DUTY TO UNDERSTAND AND COMPLY
.
1. It is the responsibility of the rigger’s and the operator’s,
and their employer’s responsibility, if they operate under
an employer’s control, to strictly conform to the following
warnings.
2. It is imperative for safety and efficiency of operations
that this manual be
read and fully understood
by the
rigger and the operator before rigging or operating the
platform.
All instructions contained herein must be
carefully and strictly followed, including applicable
Tractel safety guidelines.
3. Should you hand over a platform under whatever
conditions, to any party operating out of your control, you
must attach a clean copy of this manual and draw to other
party’s attention that strictly following all the instructions
therein is a matter of life or death.
4. Before rigging and operating this platform, the rigger and
the operator must become aware of all the requirements
of federal, state, provincial and local safety regulations not
only applicable to the platform but also to the entire
suspended scaffold system and any component of it.
5. Never use the scaffold platform for any job other than
lifting personnel on suspended scaffold according to the
instructions of this manual.
6. Never load the platform above its rated load.
YOUR DUTY TO INSPECT AND MAINTAIN.
7. Keep this manual available at all times for easy reference
whenever required. Extra copies are available from Tractel
and/or your equipment.
8. Carefully take notice of all the labels affixed to the
platform. Never rig or operate the platform if any label,
normally fixed on it is obscured or missing. Replacement
labels are available form Tractel and/or your equipment
supplier.
9. Every time the platform is to be rigged or used, check that
the platform, hoists, wire ropes and other components of
the suspended scaffold system are complete and in good
working condition, prior to proceeding.
10. A careful and regular inspection of the platform hoists,
wire ropes and other components of the installation is part
of the safety requirements. If you have a question, call
Tractel and/or your equipment supplier.
11. Maintenance may only be carried out by personnel
authorized by Tractel. A signed a dated inspection record
should be maintained.
12. After each de-rigging and before re-rigging, the platform
must be inspected by a competent person familiar with
the platform and professionally trained for the purpose.
13. Inspection by persons authorized by Tractel is
to be carried out once every six months or every
200 hours. A signed a dated inspection record
should be maintained.
14. The manufacturer declines any responsibility for
consequences of repairs or modifications brought out of
its control to the product, specially by replacement of
original parts or repair by another manufacturer.
YOUR DUTY TO TRAIN AND CONTROL PEOPLE.
Compliance with safety rules extends to rigging
operations which must be carried out only after securing
safe conditions of operation as per safety regulations and
requirements.
15. An operator must not be assigned to a suspended job or
to rigging for a suspended job, or to de-rigging after the
job, if that person is not:
a) mentally and physically fit for the purpose especially at
heights.
b) competent for the job to be performed.
c) familiar with the scaffold equipment as rigged.
d) professionally trained for working under the above
requirements.
Except for the operations described in this manual, the
maintenance of the platform unit, as wells as repair, must
be exclusively done by repairers authorized by Tractel.
Spare parts used for all equipment must be exclusively in
accordance with the serial number of each product. No
substitutions are allowed.
16. Never let the platform or other components of a
suspended scaffold system be managed or operated by
any person other than authorized and assigned to the
job. Keep the equipment, either rigged or unrigged, out of
reach of unauthorized persons, while out of operation.
17. Training operators and riggers includes setting up rescue
procedure should a scaffold be brought to a standstill
during a job. Such procedure must be set up by a
competent person of the user, or its technical consultant,
according to the working conditions, prior to putting the
equipment into operation.
18. Every suspended job must be placed under the control of
a person having the required competence and authority
for checking that all the instructions prescribed by this
manual be regularly and efficiently carried out.
