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Safety Guidelines
Safety of the operator and bystanders is one of the chief concerns in developing and designing equipment. However,
every year many accidents occur which could have been avoided by a few seconds of thought and a more cautious
approach to handling equipment.
You, the operator, can avoid many accidents by observing the following precautions in this section. To avoid personal
injury or death, study the following precautions and insist those working with you, or for you follow them.
In addition to the design and configuration of this machine, including safety labels and safety devices, hazard control
and accident prevention are dependent upon the awareness, concern, and proper training of personnel involved in the
operation, transport, maintenance, and storage of the machine. Refer also to safety messages and operation instruction in
each of the appropriate sections of the tractor and machine manuals. Pay close attention to the safety labeling affixed to
the machine.
1. In order to provide a better view, certain illustrations
in this manual may show an assembly with a safety
device removed. However, equipment should never be
used in this condition. Keep all safety devices in place,
if removal becomes necessary for repairs, replace the
device prior to use.
2. Replace any safety label or instruction sign that is
unreadable or is missing. Location of safety signs is
indicated in this manual.
3. Never use alcoholic beverages or drugs which
can hinder alertness or coordination while using
this machine. Consult your doctor about using this
machine while taking prescription medications.
4. Under no circumstances should young children be
allowed to work with this machine.
5. This machine is dangerous to persons unfamiliar with
its operation. Do not allow persons to use or maintain
this unit until they have read this manual and have
developed a thorough understanding of the safety
precautions and of how it works. Review the safety
instructions with all users annually.
6. If the elderly are assisting with work, their physical
limitations need to be recognized and accommodated.
Assistants should be responsible, properly trained and
physically able persons familiar with machinery and
trained in this machine’s operations.
7. Never exceed the limits of the machine. If its ability
to do a job, or to do so safely, is in question - DON’T
TRY IT.
8. Do not modify the machine in any way. Unauthorized
modification may result in serious injury or death and
may impair the function and life of the machine.
• Train all new personnel with the instructions
alongside the machine. Be certain only a properly
trained and physically able person will use the
machinery.
• Working with unfamiliar equipment can lead to
careless injuries. If this machine is used by any
person other than yourself, or is loaned or rented, it
is the machine owner’s responsibility to make certain
that the operator, prior to using:
• Reads and understands the operator’s manuals.
• Is instructed in safe and proper use of the snow blade.
• If the elderly are assisting with the work, their
physical limitations need to be recognized and
accommodated.
Safety Training
A person who has not been trained or has not read and understood all use and safety instructions is not qualified to use
the machine. An untrained operator exposes himself and bystanders to possible serious injury or death.
• Operators or maintenance personnel who are not
fully able to read and understand this manual should
not operate or work on the machine until suitably
trained:
• Make certain that all operators and maintenance
personnel have complete understanding of the full
and exact contents of this manual and safety labeling.
• ALL information contained in this manual and labeling
on the machine must be conveyed CLEARLY and
FULLY, in order to be able to operate safely and
knowledgeably.
• Review the machine and instructions regularly with
existing workers.