Operator Manual User guide

SECTION 1 - SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
3120270 – JLG Lift – 1-3
• AN OPERATOR MUST NOT ACCEPT OPERATING
RESPONSIBILITIES UNTIL ADEQUATE TRAINING HAS
BEEN GIVEN BY COMPETENT AND AUTHORIZED
PERSONS.
• 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
IS PERFORMED PRIOR TO PLACING MACHINE INTO
OPERATION.
• NEVER DISABLE OR MODIFY THE FOOTSWITCH OR
ANY OTHER SAFETY DEVICE. ANY UNAUTHORIZED
MODIFICATION OF THE MACHINE IS A SAFETY VIO-
LATION AND IS A VIOLATION OF OSHA REGULA-
TIONS AND ANSI STANDARDS.
• DO NOT OPERATE MACHINE WHEN WIND CONDI-
TIONS EXCEED 30 MPH (48 KMH).
• NEVER OPERATE BOOM FUNCTIONS (TELE, SWING,
LIFT) WHEN MACHINE IS ON A TRUCK, OTHER VEHI-
CLE, OR ABOVE GROUND STRUCTURE.
• 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 RANGE.
• APPROVED HEAD GEAR MUST BE WORN BY ALL
OPERATING AND GROUND PERSONNEL.