PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-420
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 420
NOVEMBER 1987
Safety-oF-Use Messages .±²
A, SAFET'-OF-UsE (±ou)
MEssAGE DIRECTs '²³ T² D²
²NE tHING ²R AN²THER´
DEPENDING ²N THE DANGER
µ² CREW AND EQ³IPMENT.
Here's a rundown of SOU's and what
they require:
•
±pRTI²NAl
-³ese SOU's ch´ge
µhe way you oPerate your equiPment or
sets Limits on what you can and can't do
with your equiPment.
For instance, t¶is ·Pe message can
stoP you ¸om swiMM¹ng your º»13
PersonneL carrier, aLthough it won't stoP
you ¸¼m o½rating it on Land¾
¿he restrictions stay in eÀect untiÁ the
ProbLem is corrected by a LiÂited Ãrgent
ºodiÄcation Work Order (ºWO).
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•
ÅECÆN
I
CAl
-
deadLines aLL or the
Part of your equiPment µhat has materieL
or mainteÇance deÄciencies¾
Èere, a 5Éton wreÊker's winch can be
deadLined, but the trÃck can be used Ër
ÌPerations that do not require winching.
A thc
SOU deadL¹nes a ParÍcuLar
modeL of equiPment¾ ¿he equiPment
remains deadLined untiL the ProbLem is
corrected by an Ãrgent ºodiÄcation
Work Order¾
•
±NEÎTIÏE INÐÑECÒI²N
ÓdeadLÔnes
yoÃr equiPment right now! ¿he SOU
demands that you insPect your equiPÕ
ment Ër a sPeciÄc ProbLem, beËre it's
Ãsed again¾
¿his woÃLd be Like insPecting Öhe airÕ
hydrauLic cyLinder seaLs on aLL 2V×Øton
trucks beËre using any trÃck again¾
Ùn t¶is case, the deadLine ends aÚer
you ÛÜs½ct the equiPment or the s½ÊiÄc
comPonent and Änd it's saݾ
Ùf you Änd the saÝ· ProbLem, the
eQiPment
rm
dÞdÁinß
'T
it's àxß¾
•
áDvIвâ
Ó
contains new oPeratã
ing or maintenance info the oPerator or
mechanic needs¾
For iÜsäce, equiPment stowed on the
battery box of a FÙS¿å can short oÃt
the eLectricaÁ system¾ So, crewmen are
d±
to stoP using the Bx Ër storageæ
¿hese SOU's don't deadLine your
equiPment or reqÃire immediate insPecÕ
tion or maintenance¾
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