Ashland 1200 TR - Manual (Page 29)

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
REQUIRED FOR HYDRAULIC MACHINERY OPERATION
AND MAINTENANCE
ALTHOUGH THE SCOPE OF THIS MANUAL COVERS ONLY THE HYDRAULIC OPERATION OF THE
EQUIPMENT, THESE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ALSO APPLY TO PNEUMATICALLY POWERED
EQUIPMENT AND SHOULD BE OBSERVED WHERE APPROPRIATE.
THIS HYDRAUlIC EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED USING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF
WORKMANSHIP WITH INDUSTRY ACCEPTED STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNIQUES, COMPONENTS
AND DESIGNS AND HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND TESTED FOR DEFECTS, WORKMANSHIP AND
PROPER OPERATION PRIOR TO SHIPMENT.
HOWEVER, THIS EQUIPMENT, LIKE ANY OTHER, MAY DEVELOP PROBLEMS DUE TO ABUSE,
NORMAL OR UNFORSEEABLE CIRCUMSTANCES. IT THEREFORE REQUIRES PROPER OPERA-
TION AND MAINTENANCE. IN THE COURSE OF PERFORMING THESE FUNCTIONS, PERSONNEL
MAY BE REQUIRED TO WORK ON OR NEAR THE EQUIPMENT. THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS
ARE GIVEN TO AVOID INJURY TO THESE PERSONNEL.
ALL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS LISTED BELOW ARE THOSE GENERAILY APPLICABLE TO HYDRAU-
LICALLY POWERED MACHINERY, BUT DO NOT PRETEND TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE. THEY ARE
INTENDED FOR QUALIFIED, EXPERIENCE PERSONNEL WHO ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
HAZARDS OF MACHINERY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AND THEREFORE CAN AVOID
INJURY BY USING THESE PRECAUTIONS, WHICH SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY SOMEONE IN
CHARGE OF THE MACHINERY, WHO IS CAPABLE OF ANALYZING ANY HAZARDS ASSOCIATED
WITH OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE EQUIPMENT. THESE PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE
INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PROGRAM FOR THE PARTICULAR MACHINERY,
EQUIPMENT, PLANT, OR PROCESS:
1. RETURN ALL MOVABLE MACHINE MEMBERS TO THEIR NORMAL STARTUP CONDITION, IF
POSSIBLE, BEFORE STARTING UNIT.
NOTE: IN MANY TYPES OF EQUIPMENT, PARTS OF THE MACHINERY MAY START ROTATING,
RISING, FALLING, RECIPROCATING, ETC., OUT OF THEIR PROPER SEQUENCE AS SOON AS
THE HYDRAULIC (OR PNEUMATIC) CIRCUIT IS FILLED AND PRESSURIZED, WHICH COULD
RESULT IN INJURY TO PERSONNEL OR DAMAGE TO MACHINERY.
2. BE SURE ALL PERSONNEL AND PRODUCT, WORKS, ETC., ARE CLEAR OF MACHINERY BE-
FORE STARTING HYDRAULIC UNIT.
3. BE SURE ALL HYDRAULIC CONNECTIONS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN REMOVED, REPLACED OR
DISCONNECTED DURING SHUT-DOWN HAVE BEEN RE-CONNNECTED SECURELY BEFORE
STARTING HYDRAUlIC UNIT.
4. RETURN ALL VALVES (MANUAL AND CONTROL SYSTEM OPERATED), WHICH MAY HAVE
BEEN CHANGED FROM THEIR NORMAL START-UP CONDITION DURING SHUTDOWN BACK TO
STARTUP CONDITION BEFORE STARTING HYDRAULIC UNIT.
5. BEFORE SHUTTING DOWN HYDRAULIC UNIT, BLOCK OR LOCK IN POSITION ANY MACHINE
MEMBERS WHICH MAY MOVE AND CAUSE INJURY TO PERSONNEL, OR DAMAGE TO PRODUCT
OR EQUIPMENT UPON LOSS OF HYDRAUlIC FLOW AND PRESSURE.
6. CLEAR ALL PERSONNEL AND PRODUCT, WORKPIECE, ETC., FROM MACHINERY BEFORE
SHUTTING DOWN HYDRAULIC UNIT.