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P

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y

BOS-

P

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3

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se

c

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,

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ll-

made

l

adder

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s

ne

c

essar

y

f

or

sa

f

e

l

adder

u

se

. L

adders

c

ome

i

n

d

i

ff

erent

st

y

l

es

, i

n

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ob

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u

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li

nes

f

or

sa

f

e

l

adder

u

sage

:

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l

w

a

y

s

i

nspe

c

t

a

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adder

be

f

ore

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u

cli

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i

t

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t

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steps

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er

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t

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ba

ck

end

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step

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adder

,

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or

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ommon

sense

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mb

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w

or

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l

adders

;

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ear

sa

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w

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es

and ma

k

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re

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y

are dr

y

be

f

ore

cli

mb

i

ng

;

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ever

a

ll

o

w

more

t

h

an one

person on a

l

adder

;

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o

cli

mb or

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c

end a

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a

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and

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;

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ave

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y

stead

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e

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annot be

se

c

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red ot

h

er

w

i

se

;

x

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o not

stand on

t

h

e

top

f

o

u

r

r

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o

f

an e

x

tens

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on

l

adder

or

t

h

e

top

t

w

o

r

u

ngs

o

f

a

step

l

adder

;

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h

en

w

or

ki

ng

on a

l

adder

, k

eep

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h

and on

t

h

e

l

adder

at a

ll

t

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mes

;

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o not

stand on

t

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b

u

ck

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s

h

e

l

f

o

f

a

l

adder

;

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h

en

w

or

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ng

on a

l

adder

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arr

y

sma

ll

too

l

s

on a

too

l

be

l

t

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se a

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to

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and

l

o

w

er

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y

too

l

s

;

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N

ever

l

eave a

ra

i

sed

or

open

l

adder

u

nattended

. S

tore

l

adders

a

w

a

y

f

rom

h

eat and mo

i

st

u

re

;

x

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estro

y

damaged or

u

nsa

f

e

l

adders

.

4.

6

P

o

w

er tools

P

o

w

er

too

l

s

c

an

be

e

x

treme

l

y

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u

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f

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i

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l

y

. C

ommon

i

n

ci

dents

asso

ci

ated

w

i

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er

too

l

s

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i

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b

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c

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on

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and

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dents

are o

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c

a

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sed b

y

t

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f

o

ll

o

w

i

ng

:

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ng

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c

omponents

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ng

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n mov

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ng parts

;

x

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ng e

l

e

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s

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d

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to

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u

nd

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ng

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e

q

u

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pment de

f

e

c

ts

,

or

operator m

i

s

u

se

;

x

B

e

i

ng

str

u

ck

b

y

part

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es

t

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at norma

ll

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on

;

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or

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;

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;

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str

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y

f

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ng

too

l

s

;

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h

en

w

or

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ng

aro

u

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po

w

er

too

l

s

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o

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shall

w

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persona

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q

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