Operating Safety - Meridian 1505 SC Owner's Manual

Owner's Manual: Corrugated Hopper Combos

2.7 OPERATING SAFETY

• Make sure that anyone who will be using
the bin or working on or around it reads and
understands all the operating, maintenance
and safety information in the owner's manual.
• Keep all bystanders, especially children, away
from the bin when loading or unloading is
being done, or when authorized personnel are
carrying out maintenance work.
• Do not crawl under the opened unloading
chute to inspect for a suspected blockage.
This is an unsafe practice. Caked or impacted
product could suddenly break loose and cause
facial and/or eye injury.
• Do not attempt to enter the bin through the
top loading hatch. This opening is designed
for loading the bin only and not for human
entry.
• Use the optional roof manhole only for entry
into the bin and only when the bin is empty for
cleaning purposes.
• If you enter the bin, make sure that there is
no possibility that either loading or unloading
auger could be started up. Lock out the power
sources for all auxiliary equipment and have a
responsible, trained person close at hand to
keep unauthorized individuals away from the
work area.
• Enter the empty bin with extreme
caution. Wear protective clothing,
goggles and a properly filtered
respirator mask to guard against
chemical vapour or residual dust.
Connect a safety line to yourself and have a
responsible, trained person outside, holding
the line, in case of an emergency.
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• Do not enter the bin to break loose impacted,
caked or bridged material. You could fall
through the bridged material if you are trying
to clear it from the top. Or have it cave in on
you from the bottom. Either situation could
result in you being buried in the falling material
and suffocating.
• If material is bridged or caked causing a
blockage. Use a long pole, a length of board
to break the material loose.
• Be very careful when climbing up or
down the exterior ladder. Remove
excess mud or other material from
your footwear that could cause
slipping.
• The optional roof manhole should not be used
to load or unload material. This will cause
the material to be off center, either piling up
or emptying unevenly to one side of the bin.
This uneven stressing of the bin could cause
structural damage.
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