Sterlco SDD Series - Manual (Page 10)

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1-4 Warnings and Precautions
Our equipment is designed to provide safe and reliable operation when installed and operated
within design specifications, following national and local safety codes. This may include, but is
not limited to OSHA, NEC, CSA, SPI, NEPA or CE and any other local, national and
international regulations. To avoid possible personal injury or equipment damage when
installing, operating, or maintaining this equipment, use good judgment and follow these safe
practices:
þ Read and follow these operation and installation instructions when installing,
operating, and maintaining this equipment. If these instructions become damaged or
unreadable, additional copies are available from the manufacturer.
þ Follow all SAFETY CODES.
þ Keep fingers away from rotating discs, slide gates, augers, clean-outs, and calibration
CAPABLE OF CAUSING BODILY INJURY EXISTS ANY TIME THE
POWER IS ON.
þ Wear SAFETY GLASSES and WORK GLOVES.
þ Work only with approved tools and devices.
þ Disconnect and/or lock out power and compressed air before servicing or maintaining
the equipment.
þ Use care when LOADING, UNLOADING, RIGGING, or MOVING this
equipment.
þ Operate this equipment within design specifications.
þ OPEN, TAG, and LOCK ALL DISCONNECTS before working on equipment.
You should remove the fuses and carry them with you.
þ NEVER PUT FINGERS OR TOOLS IN HOPPER, AUGER OR SLIDE GATE
AREA.
þ Make sure the equipment and components are properly GROUNDED before you
switch on power.
þ Do not restore power until you remove all tools, test equipment, etc., and the
equipment and related components are fully reassembled.
þ Only PROPERLY TRAINED personnel familiar with the information in this
manual should work on this equipment.
We have long recognized the importance of safety and have designed and manufactured our
equipment with operator safety as a prime consideration. We expect you, as a user, to abide by
the foregoing recommendations in order to make operator safety a reality.