Product Manual

SAFETY ALERT SYMBOL

This Safety Alert Symbol means

ATTENTION is required!

The Safety Alert Symbol identifies important safety

messages on machines, safety signs, in manuals

or elsewhere. When you see this symbol, be alert

to the possibility of personal injury or death. Follow

the instructions in the safety message.

Why is SAFETY important to YOU?

3 BIG REASONS

• Accidents KILL or DISABLE

• Accidents COST

• Accidents CAN BE AVOIDED

NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION

AEM Safety Manuals are protected as a copyrighted work with

ownership duly registered with the Copyright Office,

Washington, D.C. Any reproduction, translation, decompiling or

other use of an AEM Safety Manual, or portion thereof, or the

creation of derivative works based on an AEM Safety Manual,

without the prior written approval of AEM is expressly prohibited.

damages and other penalties being imposed.

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U.S. Department of Labor publishes Safety and

Health Regulations and Standards under the

authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Act

for the General Construction and Mining Industries.

Its address is: U.S. Department of Labor,

Washington, DC 20210 (www.OSHA.gov and

www.MSHA.gov).

ANSI – American National Standards Institute, c/o

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers,

United Engineering Center, 345 East 47th Street,

New York, NY 10017 (www.ANSI.org).

ISO – International Standards Organization,

1, rue de Varembe Case postale 56, CH-1211

Geneva 20, Switzerland (www.ISO.ch).

SAE – Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.,

400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096,

publishes a list, “Operator Precautions” SAE J153

MAY 87 (www.SAE.org).

AEM – Association of Equipment Manufacturers,

111 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202

(www.AEM.org).

WORD OF EXPLANATION

The following is a partial list of reference material on safe operating practices:

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