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8
S
ECTION
2 — S
AFE
O
PERATION
P
RACTICES
(OK)
(T
OO STEEP)
USE
THIS SL
OPE GA
UGE
TO
DETERMINE
IF A SL
OPE IS
TOO STEEP FOR SAFE OPER
ATION!
To
check the slope
, pr
oc
eed as f
ollo
w
s:
1.
Remo
v
e
this page and f
old along the dashed line
.
2.
L
ocat
e
a v
e
rtical objec
t on or behind the slope (e
.g
. a pole
, building
, f
enc
e
, tr
ee
, et
c.
)
3.
Alig
n either side of the slope gauge with the objec
t (S
ee F
igur
e 1 and F
igur
e 2 ).
4.
A
djust gauge up or do
wn until the lef
t c
o
rner t
ouches the slope (S
ee F
igur
e 1 and F
igur
e 2).
5.
If
ther
e is a gap belo
w the gauge
, the slope is t
oo st
eep f
or saf
e operation (S
ee F
igur
e 2 abo
v
e).
15° dashed line
Slope G
auge
Figur
e 2
Figur
e 1
15° Slope
15° Slope
WA
R
N
IN
G
!
S
lo
p
e
s a
re a m
a
jo
r fa
c
to
r r
e
la
te
d t
o
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ip
-o
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e
r a
n
d r
o
ll
-o
v
e
r a
cc
id
e
n
ts w
h
ic
h ca
n r
e
su
lt
in
se
v
e
re
in
ju
ry
o
r d
e
a
th.
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o
t o
p
e
ra
te m
a
ch
in
e o
n
s
lo
p
e
s i
n
ex
ce
ss
o
f 1
5
d
e
g
ree
s. A
ll s
lo
p
e
s r
e
q
u
ir
e ex
tr
a ca
u
ti
o
n.
A
lw
a
y
s m
o
w a
cr
o
ss
t
h
e fa
ce
o
f s
lo
p
e
s, ne
v
e
r u
p
a
n
d d
o
wn s
lo
p
e
s.