Safety Precautions; General Safety Rules And Regulations - SaMASZ KDD 861 Operator's Manual

4. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

The following precautions are for your safety. They must be read carefully and
followed by every person who operates or maintains the machine. Failure to follow these safety
precautions could result in serious injury or death to the operator, maintenance person or bystanders
and property damage to the machine and surrounding property.
Safety Signal Words
This manual and the safety labels attached to this equipment utilize signal words that signify safety
hazards with different levels of severity. Below are the words used and the definitions for these
words:
• DANGER indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or
serious injury
• WARNING indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or
serious injury
• CAUTION indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor or
moderate injury
• NOTICE is used to address practices not related to physical injury
4.1.

General safety rules and regulations

The following descriptions are for your safety:
They must therefore be read carefully and applied every time you use the
machine.
The machine has been designed for use by one single operator.
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When using, servicing, repairing, moving or storing the machine, the operator must wear safety
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footwear, safety gloves plus ear protection and dusk mask if necessary.
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During use, the machine may give rise to dust, especially if the soil is dry. You are advised to
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use a tractor with a cab fitted with filters in the ventilation system. Failing this, wear a dust
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mask with filter to protect your respiratory tract
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Front axis of the tractor should be weighted to keep the balance. If need be, use front wheel
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weights.
In order to keep steering conditions, impact on front axis should be at least 20% of the complete
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tractor.
Be extremely careful whenever using hydraulic lift lever or buttons. Any operation with
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hydraulic lift lever should be done from operator's seat; DO NOT move the lever from outside
of a tractor.
In case of tractors equipped with EHR, operating with hydraulic lift is done by the buttons
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mounted outside the tractor's cabin. When operating be extremely careful.
When switching from mowing to transport position, remove the entire PTO shaft or at least one
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end of the shaft from the tractor's PTO so it cannot turn.
When attaching the mower to a tractor, the operator should wear protective gloves.
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DO NOT operate the mower unless all safety guards are in place and operational. In addition,
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any damaged protective aprons should be replaced with a new one.
DO NOT exceed 1050 PTO rpm.
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