Snorkel X40RT - Manual (Page 10)

1. SAFETY
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Y Electrocution
SR’s are all-metal, NON-INSULATED, aerial
work-platforms. Do not operate an SR near
ELECTRICAL conductors. Regard all conductors
as being energized.
Do not operate outside during a thunderstorm.
Y Tipover & Falling Hazards
On scissor lifts, like the SR, personal fall
protection is not required by ANSI, Federal
OSHA, nor Snorkel. However, fall restraint might
be required by work regulations. If so, the user is
responsible for fitness and method of use.
The guardrail system is your fall protection. Make
sure the guardrail system is properly installed
and that all gates and fasteners are in place.
It is best not to transfer from the platform to
another structure or from the structure to the
platform, unless that is the safest way to do the
job. Judge each situation separately taking the
work environment into account. If it is necessary
to transfer from the platform to another structure
the following guidelines apply:
• Where possible, place the work platform
next to a roof or walking structure to do
the transfer.
• Transfer your anchorage from one
structure to another before you step
across.
• Remember that you might be transferring
to a structure where personal fall arrest
is required.
• Use the platform entrance, do not climb
over the guard rails.
Maintain a firm footing on the platform floor.
Climbing on the guardrails is prohibited.
Do not use ladders, planks, or other devices to
extend or increase your work position from the
platform.
Do not operate an SR from a position on trucks,
trailers, railway cars, floating vessels, scaffolds,
or similar equipment unless the application is
approved in writing by Snorkel.
If the platform or elevating assembly becomes
caught, snagged, or otherwise prevented from
normal motion by an adjacent structure, or other
obstacles, such that control reversal does not
free the platform, remove all personnel from the
platform before attempts are made to free the
platform using ground controls.
Do not exceed the platform capacity nor the
platform-extension capacity shown on the
capacity placards located at the entrance to the
platform and on the toeboard of the platform
extension.
Do not raise the platform if the SR is on soft
ground. Raise the platform only on a firm surface
capable of withstanding all load forces imposed
by the aerial platform in all operating conditions.
Do not allow wires, cables, hoses, rope, or other
materials to trail down from the platform or be
entangled in the platform.
If you have to level an SR, that does not have
outriggers, be sure the shoring you use is strong
enough to support the weight of the SR and that
the SR wheels are chocked so that the SR
cannot be driven.
Do not jerk the controls. Move the controls slowly
and deliberately to avoid jerky and erratic
operation. Always stop the controls in the neutral,
off, position before going in the opposite
direction.
Do not use the platform for any purpose other
than to position personnel, their tools and
materials.
Do not use an SR as a crane, hoist, or jack.
Do not operate an SR in winds, or wind gusts, of
28 mph (12.5 m/s) or more.
Do not add anything to an SR that will increase
the wind loading (billboards, banners, flags, etc.).
Y Crushing
Always look in the direction of travel. Avoid
overhead obstructions.
Make sure the area below the platform is free of
personnel before lowering.