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6. GENERAL PRECAUTIONS
SAFETY RULES
• ONLY trained and authorised personnel can operate and maintain the machine.
• Follow all safety rules, precautions and instructions when operating or performing maintenance on the
machine.
• When working with another operator or a person on worksite traffic duty, be sure all personnel understand
all hand signals that are to be used.
SAFETY FEATURES
• Be sure all guards and covers are in their proper position. Have guards and covers repaired if damaged.
• Use safety features such as safety lock lever properly.
• NEVER remove any safety features. ALWAYS keep them in good operating condition.
Safety lever
See 12.16 "PARKING THE MACHINE".
• Improper use of safety features could result in serious bodily injury or death.
CLOTHING AND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE ITEMS
• Avoid loose clothing, jewellery, and loose long hair. They can catch on controls or in moving parts and cause
serious injury or death. Also, do not wear oily cloths because they are flammable.
• Wear a hard hat, safety glasses, safety shoes, mask or gloves when operating or maintaining the machine.
Always wear safety goggles, hard hat and heavy gloves if your job involves scattering metal chips or minute
materials <—> this is so particularly when driving pins with a hammer and when cleaning the air cleaner
element with compressed air.
Check also that there is no one near the machine.
Driving in pins, See
Cleaning of air cleaner element, See
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12.15 "REPLACEMENT AND INVERSION OF BUCKET'.
24.2 "WHEN REQUIRED" in service procedure.
WARNING: For reasons of safety, al-
ways follow these safety precautions.
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