2-SAFETYINFORMATION
Safetyrules-Liftingandoverheadloads
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Neverliftloadsinexcessofcapacity.
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Carryloadsinrecommendedpositionsformaxi-
mumstability.
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Neverusebuckets,forks,etc.orotherlifting,han-
dling,ordiggingequipmenttoliftpersons.
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Donotuseraisedequipmentasaworkplatform.
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Knowthefullareaofmovementofthemachineand
equipmentanddonotenterorpermitanyoneto
entertheareaofmovementwhilethemachineis
inoperation.
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Neverenterorpermitanyonetoenterthearea
underneathraisedequipment.Equipmentand/or
loadscanfallunexpectedlyandcrushpersons
underneathit.
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Donotleaveequipmentinraisedpositionwhile
parkedorduringservice,unlesssecurelysup-
ported.Hydrauliccylindersmustbemechanically
lockedorsupportediftheyareleftinaraisedposi-
tionforserviceoraccess.
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Buckets,forks,etc.orotherlifting,handling,ordig-
gingequipmentanditsloadwillchangethecenter
ofgravityofthemachine.Thiscancausethema-
chinetotiponslopesorunevenground.
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Loaditemscanfalloffthebucketorliftingequipment
andcrushtheoperator.Caremustbetakenwhen
liftingaload.Useproperliftingequipment.
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Usetherecommendedmachineballastandcoun-
terweighting.
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Donotliftloadhigherthannecessary.Lowerloads
totransport.Remembertoleaveappropriateclear-
ancetothegroundorotherobstacles.
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Equipmentandassociatedloadscanblockvisibility
andcauseanaccident.Donotoperatewithinsuf-
cientvisibility.
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