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LARGE BALE HARVESTING EQUIPMENT SAFETY 3 800-AOU-01-IADO © 2019, Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) 1 877 494 WSPS (9777) | 905 614 1400 | wsps.ca Keep in Mind Moving machinery is much faster than human reaction time Wear close fitting clothing Never hand feed any material, including twine, into the baler Never leave the tractor seat with the engine running When ejecting bales, ensure that the area behind the baler is clear; do not eject on a downward slope Riders should never be allowed on the tractor or baler Always keep children well away from the baling operation If storing high stacks of hay, bear in mind that removing bales from heights could be hazardous Use recommended hand signals when using harvesting equipment especially when loading bales manually Match ground speed of the harvesting equipment with field conditions If the machine has a cutterbar (sickle cutterbars, rotary disk cutterbars, field combines), keep clear of the cutterbar when the machine is running and use the mower safety curtain or cover when the machine is in operation © Workplace Safety & Prevention Services 2019. Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) grants permission to approved end users to reproduce this document in whole or in part, provided its intended use is for non-commercial, educational purposes and that full acknowledgement is given to the WSPS. Approved end users are firms registered with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. WSPS reserves the right to extend this permission to other stakeholders and interested parties by express written permission upon application. WSPS extends no warranty to materials amended or altered by the end user. Under no circumstances is this document, or any portion thereof, to be duplicated for purposes of sale or for external reproduction or distribution. (Sample WSPS acknowledgement, "Reproduced or adapted from name of solution with permission of Workplace Safety & Prevention Services, Mississauga, Ontario.") The information contained in this reference material is distributed as a guide only. It is generally current to the best of our knowledge as at the revision date, having been compiled from sources believed to be reliable and to represent the best current opinion on the subject. No warranty, guarantee, or representation is made by WSPS as to the absolute correctness or sufficiency of any representation contained in this reference material. WSPS assumes no responsibility in connection therewith; nor can it be assumed that all acceptable safety measures are contained in this reference material, or that other or additional measures may not be required in particular or exceptional conditions or circumstances. Revised: June 2019 WSPS.CA

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