2-SAFETYINFORMATION
Handsignals
Whenoperatingthemachine,neverattempttocarryout
taskscallingfornecontrolorworkinginareaswherevis-
ibilityispoororimpairedwithoutseekingtheassistance
ofasignalman.Makeperfectlysurethatyouandthesig-
nalmanunderstandthesignalstobeused.
ThefollowingisacompilationoftheHandSignalstobe
usedwhenaagmanisrequiredforExcavatorOperation.
Allpersonnelassociatedwiththeoperationoftheexca-
vatorshouldknowthesesignalsandtheirmeaningbefore
attemptingtooperatethismachine.
Raiseloadvertically
DC04E0381
Facemachineoperatorr,raiserightforearmvertical,
withindexngerpointingupandmovehandinasmall
circularmotion.
Lowerloadvertically
DC04E0392
Facemachineoperator,extendrightarmdown,point
indexngerdownandmovehandinsmallcircular
motion.
Moveloadhorizontally
DC08E0403
Facemachineoperator,extendrightarmtoward
operatorwithhandfacingoperatorandmovehandin
directionofmovementrequired.
Moveloadouthorizontally
DC08E0414
Facemachineoperator,extendrightarmtoward
operatorwithbackofhandfacingoperatorandmove
handindirectionofmovementrequired.
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