Heavy Equipment

Wear your hard hat, hearing protection and safety goggles while operating heavy equipment.
All operators must wear the seat belt when operating scrapers, loaders, dozers, tractors and graders.
No passengers are permitted on heavy equipment.
Keep the windows and windshield of heavy equipment clean.
Do not use any heavy equipment if its horn or backup alarm does not sound.
Do not crawl under the raised dump body during inspection of a dump truck.
Turn the engine off before leaving heavy equipment unattended.
Do not jump off of, or onto any heavy equipment.
Do not stay in the cab of haulage vehicles while the payload is being loaded or unloaded by cranes or loaders.
When you have finished using a bulldozer or a loader, land the blade on the ground, set the brakes, turn the power off and shift the gear lever into neutral.
Keep heavy equipment in gear when going down grade. Do not use neutral.
Display the "Slow Moving Vehicle" sign when operating heavy equipment on roads.

Cranes and Hoists

Do not use load hooks that are cracked, bent or broken.
Passengers are not permitted to ride inside the operator's cab of a truck crane.
Keep crane windows clean. Do not use a crane if its windows are broken.
Do not exceed the rated load capacity of the crane as specified by the manufacturer.
Use the cribbing mats when operating the crane on "soft" ground.
Fully extend the outriggers of the crane before attempting a lift.
Stay outside the barricades of the posted swing radius of the crane.
Do not perform any crane refits or modifications without the manufacturer's approval.
Do not leave the crane you are working in unattended if you have a hoisted load suspended in the air.
Do not hoist loads over people.
Do not drive the crane on the road shoulders.
Signalmen must wear the high visibility, fluorescent orange vest.
When operating a crane, follow only the signals of the person designated to give you signals.
Replace the belts, gears or rotating shaft guards after servicing a crane; do not use the crane if guards are missing from these areas. Driving Safety

Jacks

Do not exceed the jack's rated lifting capacity as noted on the label of the jack.
Clear all tools, equipment and any other obstructions from under the vehicle before lowering the jack.