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INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COMPANY MANAGER
FOREWORD
WHENEVER YOU SEE THIS SYMBOL IT MEANS:
WARNING! BE CAREFUL! YOUR SAFETY
OR THE SAFETY OF THE PLATFORM IS AT RISK.
SITE
- Proper management of the personnel lifting platform's area of travel will reduce the risk of accidents:
• ground not unnecessarily uneven or obstructed,
• no excessive slopes,
• pedestrian traffic controlled, etc.
OPERATOR
- Only qualified, authorised personnel can use the platform. This authorisation is given in writing by the appropriate person in the
establishment where the platform is to be used and must be carried permanently by the operator.
Experience has shown that there are a number of inappropriate ways in which the platform might be used. Such
foreseeable misuse, of which the main examples are listed below, are strictly forbidden.
- The foreseeable abnormal behaviour resulting from ordinary negligence, but which does not result from any wish to
put the machinery to any improper use.
The reflex behaviour of a person in the event of a malfunction, incident, failure, etc. during use of the platform.
- Behaviour resulting from application of the "principle of least effort" when performing a task.
- For certain machines, the foreseeable behaviour of such persons as: apprentices, teenagers, handicapped persons,
trainees tempted to drive a platform, operators tempted to operate a truck to win a bet, in competition or for their own
personal experience.
- The person in charge of the equipment must take these criteria into account when assessing the suitability of a person
to drive.
OBTAIN INFORMATION ON:
- How to behave when there is a fire.
- The location of the nearest first aid kit and fire extinguisher.
- The emergency telephone numbers for calling (the doctors, ambulance, hospital and fire brigade).
PLATFORM
A - THE PLATFORM'S SUITABILITY FOR USE
- MANITOU has ensured that this platform is suitable for use under the standard operating conditions defined in this operator's manual,
with an overload test coefficient of 1.25 and an operational test coefficient of 1.1, as stipulated in standard EN280 for MPLP (Mobile
Personnel Lifting Platforms).
Before putting the platform into operation, the company manager must check that the platform is suitable for the work to be carried
out and conduct certain tests (in accordance with current legislation).
B - ADAPTING THE PLATFORM TO THE USUAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- In addition to series equipment mounted on your platform, many options are available, such as: rotating light, working light, etc.
Contact your dealer.
- Take into account climatic and atmospheric conditions of the site of utilisation.
• Protection against frost (see: chapter 3 - MAINTENANCE, LUBRICANTS page).
• Adaptation of lubricants (ask your dealer for information).
• I.C. engine filtration (see: chapter 3 - MAINTENANCE, FILTER ELEMENTS page).
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