CASE CONSTRUCTION Alpha Series - Page 21

2-SAFETYINFORMATION
Followthemanufacturer’sinstructionswhenyoustore
andhandlebatteries.
Batterypost,terminals,andrelatedaccessoriescontain
leadandleadcompounds.Washhandsafterhandling.
ThisisaCaliforniaProposition65warning.
Batteryacidcausesburns.Batteriescontainsulfuricacid.
Avoidcontactwithskin,eyes,orclothing.Antidote(exter-
nal):Flushwithwater.Antidote(eyes):ushwithwater
for15minutesandseekmedicalattentionimmediately.
Antidote(internal):Drinklargequantitiesofwaterormilk.
Donotinducevomiting.Seekmedicalattentionimmedi-
ately.
Keepoutofreachofchildrenandotherunauthorizedper-
sons.
Operatorpresencesystem
Yourmachineisequippedwithanoperatorpresencesys-
temtopreventtheuseofsomefeatureswhiletheoperator
isnotintheoperator’sseat.
Neverdisconnectorbypasstheoperatorpresencesys-
tem.
Iftheoperatorpresencesystemisinoperable,thenitmust
berepaired.Followthetestprocedure(7-37).
Reectorsandwarninglights
Youmustuseashingamberwarninglightswhenyou
operateequipmentonpublicroads.
Air-conditioningsystem
Theair-conditioningsystemisunderhighpressure.Do
notdisconnectanylines.Thereleaseofhighpressure
cancauseseriousinjury.
Theair-conditioningsystemcontainsgasesthatare
harmfultotheenvironmentwhenreleasedintotheatmos-
phere.Donotattempttoserviceorrepairthesystem.
Onlytrainedservicetechnicianscanservice,repair,or
rechargetheair-conditioningsystem.
PersonalProtectiveEquipment(PPE)
WearPersonalProtectiveEquipment(PPE)suchashard
hat,eyeprotection,heavygloves,hearingprotection,pro-
tectiveclothing,etc.
DoNotOperatetag
Beforeyoustartservicingthemachine,attacha‘DoNot
Operate’warningtagtothemachineinanareathatwill
bevisible.
Operatorprotectivestructure
Yourmachineisequippedwithanoperatorprotective
structure,suchas:aRollOverProtectiveStructure
(ROPS),FallingObjectsProtectiveStructure(FOPS),
oracabwithaROPS.AROPSmaybeacanframe
oratwo-postedorfour-postedstructureusedforthe
protectionoftheoperatortominimizethepossibilityof
seriousinjury.Themountingstructureandfasteners
formingthemountingconnectionwiththemachineare
partoftheROPS.
Theprotectivestructureisaspecialsafetycomponentof
yourmachine.
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