Victory BX42S - Personal Protective Equipment

25 . Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):
Each person must wear appropriate personal
protective equipment whenever operating the
chipper or working in the vicinity. This equip-
ment is designed to prevent injury to any
personnel in the area. This list includes but is
not limited to:
• Safety shoes with slip resistant soles.
• Safety goggles or face shield.
• Hearing protection.
• Heavy or leather gloves.
Fig. 34 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT
26. Operating Hints:
a. Keep the working area
clean and free of debris to
prevent slipping or trip-
ping. Operate only on
level ground.
b. Do not place hands or any
body parts into the feed
hopper during operation.
Use a stick or branch to
push material into the ro-
tor when it goes past the
curtain in the feed hopper.
c. Do not point discharge at
people, animals or build-
ings. Rotor can expel
wood chips fast enough to
cause injury.
Fig. 35 WORKING
d. Use care when feeding
material into the chipper. Do not send
metal, bottles, cans, rocks, glass or other
foreign material into the wood chipper.
If foreign material enters chipper, stop
ma-chine, turn engine off and place
ignition key in your pocket and wait for all
moving parts to stop before removing
material and/or unplugging. Inspect
machine for damaged or loose parts
before resuming work.