#1

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pointwhe ne nt
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ngtheME WP
basket.
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#2
ME
WPPreven ve
Ma
int
ena
nce&1stChe
ck!
Ac ric alpartofeffe cv e
ma intenance/ r
eli
abil
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tya ndsaf
ety
i
st he“ Post-
hi r
eInspecon”
Ma nlire f
erstothisasour
1st
Che ck
. I
tistheinia lheal
th
che ckgiventoaME WPpos t
rent al
.Onlyc ompetenttrai
ned
pe rsonsshallperf
ormt hisre
ntal
cycleproc es
s .
 L
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VERS
E

#3
AVOI
DENT
RAPME
NT!
AsaME WPope ratororoc cupant
youmus tAL WA Y Sobs er
vei nthe
dir
econy oua remov i
ng!
Toa v d“
oi e ntr
a pme nt”and
coll
isi
on, con nua lvigi
la
nc eis
key!“ T
heI n t
er na onal Powe red
AccessF ede r
a on”I PAF
i
ns t
ructorsa rea wa reofthis
requiredbe hav iourc har
acte r
isc
LOOK LOOK
forME WPoc cupa ntsanditi s
RI
GHT empha sisedc on nuous l
y
F
ORWARD duringIPAFME WPope r
ator
trai
ning.
L
OOK
LEF
T
#4
MANHOL
ECOVE
RHAZ
ARD

Ifyoua r
eina na reawher ema nhol ecover
s
areev i
dent,bea wa r
etha tunder ground
pipingma yrunbet weent hema nhole
covers,andthea reashoul dbec learl
y
ma rkedviasafetyconeset c.sotheME WP
oper at
orcanc learl
yseet heha z
a rdfrom
height.NOTE :“undergrounds erv i
ce”
cove r
scanals obepr es
e ntindoor s
!
 #5 I
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pr
PE
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WPfr
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thi
nyma
sphenomenonc
nufact
urerandf
a
or
n

mulpl ereasons.Owner
sandusersofME WPsha v
efrontli
ne
responsi
bil
iesfordetecngcrac
kedweldst ha
tcandev el
opin
aME WP.
Det
econInspeconsforthist
ypeofdef
ecti
sasta
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hatmus
tbeperf
ormed.
Iti
s
manda
tedbymanufa
cturersandreg
ula
torya
uthor
iesats
pecifici
nter
val
se.
g.:
•Pri
ort ode l
iveryi
ns pe
cons •Atmi l
estone si
nwor k
inghoursora
geof t
heME WP
•Postrent al
inspecons •A e ri
ncident
•Dur i
ngpe ri
odica ndprevent
ave •Dur i
ngus e(pre
-operaoninspecons )
ma i
ntena nceinspecons
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ndhowisinf
orma onpr ovidedbyMa nuf
act
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iterat
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ainingbodiess
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nthei
rtra
iningmodul es,
andspeci
fical
lyqual
ified
per
sonnel forthi
st a
s k
.
 #6
T
ELE
SCOPI
CHANDL
ERUS
EINT
HEWORKPL
ACE
I
nthewor kpl
aceweo e nsee“Tel
escopicHandl
ers
”u liz
ed.Corre
ctl
yusedandmaint
ainedthe
m
s
ignificantl
yimprovesa
fetyandeffic i
ency.Thei
rrol
esarenume r
ousontheconst
rucons i
te,
wor k
shop,
i
ndus t
ri
a l
andy ar
dappl
ica ons
,theycanbeda nger
oustoope r
ators
,onl
ooker
sandotherspl
uspose
r
is
k srel
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edtopropert
yda mageifnotcorr
ectl
yma na
ged.

S
omeofthei
mpor
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ndeffecveusea
re:
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• DOa l
wa y
sus esea tbelt
s
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er
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• DOha v
epr ev
entav ema int
enancecar
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edoutat
requir
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rained”opera
tor
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echnologythatca nenhance
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e-use/uns afeact
s”
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ndt hetypeofloada ndwei ghtoftheloadt
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beposioned
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• DONOTbec omedi st
ractedduringuseoft heequipment
 #7 L
IFT
INGAME WP
WITHACRANE
•DOha veal i pla n&Ri ska ss ess ment
preparedbyac ompet entper son
•DORe f
ert oma chines pec ific“ Oper ator
Ma nua l”forl ii ngg uidanc e
•DOens ureus eofaCompet entc rane
oper a
tor
•DOens ureus eofaCompet entdog ma n
(
rigger)
•DOens uret heL ii ngCr anei si nt est
•DOc hec ka lllii ngdev i
ces( c ha ins,Slings,
shackleset c.
)r ated&s erv icea blec ondion
•DOonl yus et hedes i
g natedME WPl ii ng
points
•DOens urenoda ma ge/c ra ckedwel dsa t
designa tedl ii ngpoi nts.
•DONOTa ll
owper sonst obei nt hepl a orm
orba sketdur ingt heli
•DOens ureME WPi n“ tr
ans por tpos ion” ?
Refer“ ma chines pec i
fic”oper a torma nual!
•DOL oc kt het urnt ableasr equi redpr iorto
anyl i( re f
eroper a t
orma nua l)
•DONOTha v eloos eitemsi nt hepl a or mor
basket
•DOr efert ot he“ Da taPla te”c onfir mi ng
ME WPwei g htpr iortoli
•DOens uret heME WPr ema insl evel dur i
ng
theli
 #8
MAKESUREYOURMEWP“S
AFETY
DECAL
S”AREI
NGOODCONDIT
ION
ANDNOTMISSI
NG!
Saf
etya ndInstrucona ldecal
sorsc kers
haveav eryimportantroleonME WPsand
dir
ectlyinfluenceME WPs af
eus e.
•Iftheya reunrea
da bl
e ,mis
sing,pee
li
ng,
fadede tctheymus tbereplaced.

•Duri
ngy our“pr
e-us
einspecon”usethe
machinespeci
ficoperat
ormanualtohel
p
youunde r
sta
ndifanySafe
tyDec
alsare
miss
ing.

•Noteanydec
alst
hatar
efa
dedor
damagedtoalev
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rethe
yca
nnotbe
under
stood.

•Do-
notpermi
tan
yonet
ocovers
afe
ty
dec
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than
yothe
rscker
sorma t
eri
al
!

•Al
lsa
fet
yandins
truconaldec
alsar
e
i
mporta
nttomainta
ini
ngoodcondion!
 #9 AVOI
DE
WHE
LE
CT ROCUT
NWORKI
ION
NGAT
HEIGHT
•Alwa y
sremember !thev a stma jor ityofMEWPs
arenotins ulatedf rom el ec trocu onha zard
•Alwa y
sk eept hes a f
emi nimum c lea rancesf r
om
overheadpowerl inesa ndel ectrica lconduc t
ors
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nes
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s15Met ers(*)
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anc ef orL owv oltagepowerl ines
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s9met er s(*)
•Ifyouwa ntt owor kc losert hant hisi tma ybepossibl
e
a erta k
inga dvicef rom
thereleva nta uthor iesa ndbei ngv eryc learonthe
volta
get hepowerl i
nei sc a rry
ing .
•Remember“ LOOKUPANDL I
VE” !
•Electr
ici
tyc a njumpa cros sa nda irg a p“ flashover”
or“ a
rcfla sh”
•OS HAha sdea thbyel ec t
roc u onwi thint he“ f
atal
four”(4lea dingc ausesofc onstr uconwor k
er
dea t
hs.)
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derot herel ectricals ourcesa ndc onduc t
orsin
your“ ri
ska ssess ment s
”e. g.Ov er hea df actory
cranesandunpr otec teda nduns ig nedpos t
ed
conduc t
orba rstha tpowert hem.
•Implementc ontrolspr iort o, a
nddur i
ngwor k
(cl
earancei ndi cators,spo er s,signa g eet c)
anda l
wa ysha vea n“ emer genc ya ndr esc ueplan”
prepared, availablea ndpr acs ed.
*(
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