2-SAFETYINFORMATION
Safetyrules-General
Understandthatyoursafetyandthesafetyofotherworkersorbystandersismeasuredbyhowyouserviceandoper-
atethismachine.Knowthepositionsandoperationofallcontrolsbeforeyoutrytooperate.CHECKALLCONTROLS
INASAFEAREABEFORESTARTINGYOURWORK.
READTHISMANUALCOMPLETELYandmakesureyouunderstandthecontrols.Allequipmenthasalimit.Make
sureyouunderstandthespeed,brakes,steering,stability,andloadcharacteristicsofthismachinebeforeyoustart
tooperate.
Mostaccidentsinvolvingmachineoperationandmaintenancecanbeavoidedbyfollowingbasicsafetyrulesand
precautions.Readandunderstandallthesafetymessagesinthismanual,thesafetymanualandthesafetydecals
onthemachinebeforeyouoperateorservicethemachine.Seeyourdealerifyouhaveanyquestions.
Thesafetyinformationgiveninthismanualdoesnotreplacesafetycodes,insuranceneeds,orfederal,state,and
locallaws.Makesureyourmachinehasthecorrectequipmentaccordingtotheserulesorlaws.
CNHItaliaS.p.A.iscontinuingtoworkforyoursafetybymakingloaderbackhoeswithbetterprotectionandbypro-
vidingrulesforsafeoperation.
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Donotrush.Walk,donotrun.
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Dirtyorslipperysteps,ladders,walkwaysandplat-
formscancausefalls.Makesurethesesurfaces
remaincleanandclearofdebris.
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Wearprotectiveequipmentwhenappropriate.Hard
hats,protectiveglasses,protectiveshoes,gloves,
reectortypevests,respirators,andearprotection
areexamplesofequipmentthatmayberequired.
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Certainprotectiveequipmentshouldbereplaced
andreneweduponageandwear.Oldhardhats
maynotaffordtheoriginaluser'sintention.Faded
andsoiledvestarenolongerashighlyvisibleas
originalintent.Seethemanufacture’srecommen-
dation.
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Weartheseatbelttomaximizetheprotectionca-
pabilityofthecaborROPS.Inspectthemounting
boltsfortheseatbeltandtheROPS,ifequipped,
onadailybasistoensuretheirintegrity.
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Donotpermitridersonthemachineorattachments.
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Removealllooseobjectsstoredinthemachine.
Removeallobjectswhichdonotbelonginoronthe
machineanditsequipment.
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Donotoperatethismachineorperformmainte-
nanceworkifyouhavenothadappropriatetraining,
andreadandfullyunderstandtheinstructionsand
warningsinthismanual.
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