. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE to use the tools quality tools, or serious personal 2 - 31 PRECAUTIONS WHEN WORKING ON TOP OF Clean up the maintenance, a Do not spill Do not scatt machine to prevent falling off when performing lways do as follows. oil or grease. er the tools. Be careful a Remove mu shoes. Never jump off t maintain at leas both hands and that you suppo t the time of the walk on the step. d and the oils and fats kind of the bottom of he machine.
When getting on or off the machine, t three-point contact (both feet and one hand, or both hands and one foot) with the handrail and steps to ensure that you suppo To prevent pers onal injury caused by slippin g or falling off the machine, never climb on t he engine hood or covers except the che ck passage with non-slip pa ds. PRECAUTIONS WHEN WORKING UNDER MACHINE OR WORK EQUIPMENT Make sure the hoists or jacks you use are to handle the weight of the in good repair and component. Never strong enough use jacks at pl aces where the machine is damaged, bent, or twisted. Never use frayed, twisted or pinch ed wire rope. Never use bent or dist orted hooks.
It is extremely d angerous to work under the machine if the track shoes are lifted off the ground and the m ork equipment. If any of t achine is supported only with the w he control levers is touched by ac cident, or there is damag g, the work equipment or e occurring to t the machine he hydraulic pipin will suddenly drop. This is extremely dangerou s. Never work under the work equip ment or the machine. If it is necessa ry to raise the work equipm maintenance, s upport the work equipmen support the wei ght of the work equipment a If the work equi pment and machine are not supported, there is a hazard that they may come down and t hat this may lead to ser ious personal injury or deat h.
hey can collapse under even light loads. Never use conc rete blocks for supports. T hey can collapse under even light PROPER TOOLS ited to the task and be su Use only tools su correctly. Using damaged, deformed, or lo use of the tools may caus making improper injury.