Vestil FM-T-DUMP - Manual (Page 2)

Each fork truck mounted trash can dumper conforms to the generalized specifications disclosed in
this manual and fulfills our demanding standards for quality, safety and durability. This manual
adopts certain definitions published in the 2008 revisions of ANSI standards Z245.1, .30, and .60
(“ANSI cart and cart lifter standards”). However, our trash can dumper does not lift trash carts, but
rather is a means for engaging a Vestil TH-64, C type 2-wheeled cart. Our product also includes
mechanisms for inverting and dumping the attached cart. A fork lift must be used to raise the dumper
and cart and to transport the combination to a dumping site. ANSI cart and cart lifter standards apply
to devices that both lift and dump carts, and therefore, the standards apply only in part to our FM-T-
Dump. Our product complies with ANSI cart and cart lifter standards to the extent that these rules
apply.
The reader should note that Vestil TH-64 trash carts used with the dumper are referred to in the
industry as “residential carts” and in this manual they are called “carts”.
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AFETY
P
RINCIPLES
Vestil Manufacturing Corp. recognizes the critical importance of workplace safety. Each person
who might participate in the assembly, use, inspection or maintenance of the product must read this
manual. Read the entire manual and fully understand the directions BEFORE using or
maintaining the dumper. If you do not understand an instruction, contact Vestil for
clarification. Failure to adhere to the directions in this manual might lead to serious personal
injury or even death.
Vestil is not liable for any injury or property damage that occurs as a consequence of failing to
apply the safe operation and maintenance procedures explained in this manual or that appear on
labels affixed to the product. Failure to exercise good judgment and common sense may result in
property damage, serious personal injury, or death, and are not the responsibility of Vestil.
This manual applies the hazard identification methods recommended for instruction manuals by
the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in standard Z535.6-2006. In accordance with ANSI
guidelines, this manual identifies personal injury risks and situations that could lead to property
damage with SIGNAL WORDS. These signal words announce an associated safety message. The
reader must understand that the signal word chosen to identify a particular hazard conveys
information about the seriousness of that hazard according to the following convention:
Identifies a hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, WILL result in DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY. Use of this
signal word is limited to the most extreme situations.
These symbols
identify hazards
that may result in
personal injury
Identifies a hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, COULD result in DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY.
Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, COULD result in MINOR or MODERATE injury. Although
Z535.6-2006 approves the use of “CAUTION” without an
accompanying safety alert symbol (black equilateral triangle with
yellow exclamation point) as an alternative to “NOTICE”, this manual
differentiates between hazards that pose a risk of personal injury and
those that create mere property damage situations. CAUTION
appears exclusively in conjunction with the safety alert symbol
to identify injury risks.
Identifies practices not related to personal injury, such as operation
that could damage the cart dumper. Note: No safety alert symbol (equilateral
triangle enclosing an exclamation point) accompanies this signal word.
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