JLG 500RTS ANSI Operator Manual - Manual (Page 11)

SECTION 1 - SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
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1.4 PRE-OPERATIONAL
• READ YOUR MANUAL. UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU’VE
READ - THEN BEGIN OPERATIONS.
• ALLOW ONLY THOSE AUTHORIZED AND QUALIFIED
PERSONNEL TO OPERATE MACHINE WHO HAVE
DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY UNDERSTAND SAFE
AND PROPER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
THE UNIT.
• AN OPERATOR MUST NOT ACCEPT OPERATING
RESPONSIBILITIES UNTIL ADEQUATE TRAINING HAS
BEEN GIVEN BY COMPETENT AND AUTHORIZED
PERSONS.
• READ AND OBEY ALL WARNINGS, CAUTIONS AND
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ON MACHINE AND IN
THIS MANUAL.
• BE FAMILIAR WITH LOCATION AND OPERATION OF
GROUND CONTROLS.
• BEFORE OPERATION CHECK WORK AREA FOR
OVERHEAD ELECTRIC LINES, MACHINE TRAFFIC
SUCH AS BRIDGE CRANES, HIGHWAY, RAILWAY AND
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.
• PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID ALL KNOWN HAZARDS IN
THE WORK AREA MUST BE TAKEN BY THE OPERA-
TOR AND HIS SUPERVISOR BEFORE STARTING THE
WORK.
• DO NOT OPERATE THIS MACHINE UNLESS IT HAS
BEEN SERVICED AND MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO
THE MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS AND
SCHEDULE.
• ENSURE DAILY INSPECTION AND FUNCTION CHECK
ARE PERFORMED PRIOR TO PLACING MACHINE
INTO OPERATION.
• NEVER DISABLE OR MODIFY ANY SAFETY DEVICE.
ANY MODIFICATION OF THE MACHINE IS A SAFETY
VIOLATION AND IS A VIOLATION OF OSHA RULES.
• DO NOT OPERATE MACHINE WHEN WIND CONDI-
TIONS EXCEED 30 MPH.
• NEVER OPERATE OR RAISE PLATFORM WHEN
MACHINE IS ON A TRUCK OR OTHER VEHICLE.
• THIS MACHINE CAN BE OPERATED IN NOMINAL
AMBIENT TEMPERATURES OF 0° F TO 104° F (-20° C
TO 40° C). CONSULT FACTORY TO OPTIMIZE OPER-
ATION OUTSIDE THIS TEMPERATURE RANGE
.
• APPROVED HEAD GEAR MUST BE WORN WHEN
REQUIRED BY ALL OPERATING AND GROUND PER-
SONNEL.
• ALWAYS USE ‘THREE POINT CONTACT’ WITH THE
MACHINE. FACE THE MACHINE WHEN ENTERING
OR LEAVING THE PLATFORM. ‘THREE POINT CON-
TACT’ MEANS THAT TWO HANDS AND ONE FOOT
OR ONE HAND AND TWO FEET ARE IN CONTACT
WITH THE MACHINE AT ALL TIMES DURING MOUNT
AND DISMOUNT.