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SAFETY OPERATION
BRUSH PREPARATION
Inspection and organizing the brush prior to chipping will allow the job to be performed more efficiently and
provide added safety in performing the job by minimizing the danger of foreign material, vines, etc. entering
the chipper. Pre-trimming and proper de-limbing will allow the brush to be drawn easily through the chipper.
Inspect all brush for all non-wood materials such as anything made of metal, glass or
stone. Feeding such materials into the chipper will not only damage the cutting blades,
they may even shatter, scattering blade fragments. These fragments CAN cause serious
personal injury, death and/or property damage.
Remove vines from the material being chipped. Do not leave vines in the area around
the chipper and DO NOT ATTEMPT to place vines into the chipper. Material
entangled in vines CAN result in personnel becoming entangled resulting in SERIOUS
injury or DEATH. Vines may hide foreign materials that CAN cause equipment
damage. Vines wrapping around the disc CAN result in bearing failure.
1. Arrange trees, tree limbs or brush with the cut ends facing the chipper infeed chute.
2. Do Not cut the trees, tree limbs or brush into short pieces i.e. short logs or sticks.
3. Do cut the trees, tree limbs or brush into the longest lengths that can be safely handled. This
will reduce the number of pieces of material that have to be fed into the chipper and will
reduce the time required to perform the job. Cut wood at an angle to help ease the feed rollers
open and facilitate feding. Chipper performance is best when the feed wheels are securely
gripping the material as it is feeding into the cutting disc.
Be sure to cut all trees, tree limbs and brush into lengths that can be safely handled.
DO NOT attempt to lift material that is too heavy to be lifted safey. Serious back injury
CAN result from attempting to lift material that is too heavy or from improper lifting
technique. ALWAYS keep your back straight when lifting and lift with your legs.
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