Understanding Safety Structures and Safe Approach

into the cab. Not all not all skid loaders have that safety door on the front or have a door on the front. Uh some of them have open cabs and although they have the the what is it ros roll over protection structure protection structure and then what is the what is the falling object? Okay, thank you. still doesn't mean that something can't come back underneath it. Especially on a skid loader where like she said, she said something that was pretty critical. Kevin, did you notice how she said, "Well, how do you stretch it out to get the material further away from you?" You don't. It's right there. So, if it comes back on you, it's going to leave a mark. If you have an open handy machine, you have to be very careful that you don't get hit with it. or even if you have a cab machine, this could break your glass, windshield wiper, do damage to the machine if not the operator, right? You did great, but hop on out. Okay, so let's talk about the right way when you have an operator in a piece of equipment. What's the right way to approach it? Well, first of all, make eye contact so that you, the operator, sees the person approaching you. So you see me, I'm coming up to you. Okay, so that way handsree and obviously the machine's off, so you're not going to touch anything. But one more thing is I want to make sure I keep my feet clear of that bucket. Right? So normally it's good practice as an operator to lower the bucket at all times. That way nobody can get any body parts underneath. That's essentially an unsupported boom right now. So if someone puts their toes or foot and that that hydraulic uh cylinder breaks an O-ring, it could fall down and it could do some damage. So we want to make sure we stay clear of putting any body parts beneath that bucket right now. Always always flat to the ground. Yeah. Always flat. Always rested on the