Safety Prop; Safety Control; Bubble Level; Operator Horn - Snorkel S3970BE Operation Manual

The hand rails, in clud ing mid-rail and toe-board
com bined with the gate, form a Fall Re straint Sys -
tem. The Sys tem pre vents the op er a tor from reach -
ing the Fall Haz ard. En sure that all hand rails are
lo cated cor rectly with each other and that all pins
and bolts are in place.
If any part of the Fall Re straint Sys tem is not in
place the Sys tem is com pro mised and the op er a tor
must re view the Risk and Haz ard Anal y sis and de -
ter mine ways to pro vide ad e quate fall pro tec tion
e.g. the use of Fall Re straint Har nesses, Lan yards,
and An chors.
n Safety Prop
Figure 2.6 - Safety Prop
Al ways raise the safety prop then lower the scis -
sor-arm as sem bly onto the safety prop be fore
reach ing into the scis sor-arm as sem bly for any
reason.Swinging Gate
Figure 2.7 - Swinging Gate
The swing ing gate should be closed at all times ex -
cept when some one is en ter ing or leav ing the plat -
form.
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n Safety Control
Figure 2.8 - Joystick Safety Control
The safety con trol must be squeezed and held to
ac ti vate the joy stick. The safety con trol pre vents
the joy stick from mov ing the plat form if some thing
ac ci den tally pushes the joy stick. Do not at tempt to
dis able the safety con trol in any way.
n Bubble Level
Figure 2.9 - Bubble Level
See the Gauges chap ter 4 for a dis cus sion of the
bub ble level.
n Operator Horn
Figure 2.10 - Operator Horn
The op er a tor horn is used pri mar ily to get the at ten -
tion of peo ple on the ground when you are work ing
aloft. For the horn to work the fol low ing switches,
on the ground con trol box, must be set as in di -
cated:
Rev A
2. Safety Devices
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