JLG EcoLift 50 Use and care manual

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Operation and Safety Manual
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Original Instructions - Keep this manual with the machine at all times.
Models
EcoLift 50
SN P900004791 to Present
EcoLift 70
SN P900004841 toPresent
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October 3, 2019 - Rev A
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WARNING
Operating, servicing and maintaining this vehicle or equipment
can expose you to chemicals including engine exhaust, carbon
monoxide, phthalates, and lead, which are known to the State of
California to cause cancer and birth defects or other
reproductive harm. To minimize exposure, avoid breathing
exhaust, do not idle the engine except as necessary, service your
vehicle or equipment in a well-ventilated area and wear gloves
or wash your hands frequently when servicing. For more
information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
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FOREWORD
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FOREWORD
The Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) models covered in this manual are designed and tested to meet or exceed var-
ious compliance standards. Please refer to the manufacturer’s nameplate affixed to the subject MEWP for specific standard
compliance information.
This manual is a very important tool! Keep it with the machine at all times.
The purpose of this manual is to provide owners, users, operators, lessors, and lessees with the precautions and operating
procedures essential for the safe and proper machine operation for its intended purpose.
Due to continuous product improvements, JLG Industries, Inc. reserves the right to make specification changes without
prior notification. Contact JLG Industries, Inc. for updated information.
Refer to www.JLG.com for Warranty, Product Registration, and other machine-related documentation.
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SAFETY ALERT SYMBOLS AND SAFETY SIGNAL WORDS
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SAFETY ALERT SYMBOLS AND SAFETY SIGNAL WORDS
INDICATES AN IMMINENTLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. IF NOT
AVOIDED, WILL RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. THIS DECAL
WILL HAVE A RED BACKGROUND.
INDICATES A POTENTIALITY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. IF NOT
AVOIDED, COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. THIS DECAL
WILL HAVE AN ORANGE BACKGROUND.
INDICATES A POTENTIALITY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. IF NOT
AVOIDED, MAY RESULT IN MINOR OR MODERATE INJURY. IT MAY
ALSO ALERT AGAINST UNSAFE PRACTICES. THIS DECAL WILL HAVE A
YELLOW BACKGROUND.
INDICATES INFORMATION OR A COMPANY POLICY THAT RELATES
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THE SAFETY OF PERSONNEL OR PRO-
TECTION OF PROPERTY.
This is the Safety Alert Symbol. It is used to alert you to the potential personal
injury hazards. Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible
injury or death
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SAFETY ALERT SYMBOLS AND SAFETY SIGNAL WORDS
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THIS PRODUCT MUST COMPLY WITH ALL SAFETY RELATED BULLE-
TINS. CONTACT JLG INDUSTRIES, INC. OR THE LOCAL AUTHORIZED
JLG REPRESENTATIVE FOR INFORMATION REGARDING SAFETY
RELATED BULLETINS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS
PRODUCT.
JLG INDUSTRIES, INC. SENDS SAFETY RELATED BULLETINS TO THE
OWNER OF RECORD OF THIS MACHINE. CONTACT JLG INDUSTRIES,
INC. TO ENSURE THAT THE CURRENT OWNER RECORDS ARE UPDATED
AND ACCURATE.
JLG INDUSTRIES, INC. MUST BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY IN ALL
INSTANCES WHERE JLG PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCI-
DENT INVOLVING BODILY INJURY OR DEATH OR WHEN SUBSTANTIAL
DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED TO PERSONAL PROPERTY OR THE JLG PROD-
UCT.
Contact:
Product Safety and Reliability Department
JLG Industries, Inc.
1 JLG Drive
McConnellsburg, PA 17233
or Your Local JLG Office
(See addresses on manual rear cover)
In USA:
Toll Free: 877-JLG-SAFE (877-554-7233)
Outside USA:
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
For:
• Accident Reporting
•ProductSafetyPublica-
tions
• Current Owner Updates
• Questions Regarding
Product Safety
• Standards and Regulations
Compliance Information
• Questions Regarding Special
Product Applications
• Questions Regarding Prod-
uct Modifications
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REVISION LOG
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REVISION LOG
Original Issue A - October 3, 2019
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION - 1 - SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
1.1 GENERAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2 PRE-OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Operator Training and Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Workplace Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Machine Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.3 OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Trip and Fall Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Electrocution Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Tipping Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Crushing and Collision Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
1.4 TRANSPORTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Tipping Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
1.5 MOVING, LIFTING, AND REPOSITIONING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Additional Safety Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
1.6 MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Maintenance Hazards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
SECTION - 2 - PREPARATION AND INSPECTION
2.1 PERSONNEL TRAINING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Operator Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Training Supervision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Operator Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Machine Familiarization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.2 PREPARATION, INSPECTION, AND MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . 2-2
Inspection and Maintenance Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.3 PRE-START INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.4 WALK-AROUND INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Inspection Diagram (EcoLift 50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Inspection Diagram (EcoLift 70) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.5 FUNCTION CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
SECTION - 3 - MACHINE OPERATION
3.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.2 MACHINE DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.3 OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS AND LIMITATIONS. . . . . . . . 3-2
Placards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Capacities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.4 PLATFORM LOADING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.5 MACHINE COMPONENT LOCATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
EcoLift 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
EcoLift 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.6 MACHINE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Positioning and Leveling Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Entering/Exiting the Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Elevating/Lowering Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3.7 TRANSPORTING, LIFTING, AND TIE-DOWN PROCEDURES. . 3-7
Loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
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Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Vehicle Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Transportation Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
3.8 DECAL INSTALLATION (ECOLIFT 50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
3.9 DECAL INSTALLATION (ECOLIFT 70) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
SECTION - 4 - EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
4.1 GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.2 EMERGENCY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Operator Unable to Control Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Platform Caught Overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Righting of Tipped Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.3 INCIDENT NOTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.4 EMERGENCY LOWERING OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
SECTION - 5 - GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Other Publications Available Specific to this Machine . . . 5-1
Serial Number Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.1 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Machine Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Machine Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
SECTION - 6 - INSPECTION AND REPAIR LOG
LIST OF FIGURES
5-1. Operating Specifications (EcoLift 50). . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5-2. Operating Specifications (EcoLift 70). . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
LIST OF TABLES
1-1 Minimum Approach Distances (M.A.D.) . . . . . . . . . 1-5
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SECTION 1 - SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
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SECTION 1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
1.1 GENERAL
This section outlines the necessary precautions for proper and safe
machine usage and maintenance. In order to promote proper machine
usage, it is mandatory that a daily routine is established based on the
content of this manual. A maintenance program, using the information
provided in the Service and Maintenance section, must also be estab-
lished by a qualified person and must be followed to ensure that the
machine is safe to operate.
The owner/user/operator/lessor/lessee of the machine must not accept
operating responsibility until this manual has been read, training is
accomplished, and operation of the machine has been completed
under the supervision of an experienced and qualified operator.
These sections contain the responsibilities of the owner, user, operator,
lessor, and lessee concerning safety, training, inspection, maintenance,
application, and operation. If there are any questions with regard to
safety, training, inspection, maintenance, application, and operation,
please contact JLG Industries, Inc. (“JLG”).
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS LISTED IN THIS MANUAL
COULD RESULT IN MACHINE DAMAGE, PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY OR
DEATH.
1.2 PRE-OPERATION
Operator Training and Knowledge
•Read, understand, and study the Operation and Safety Manual in
its entirety before operating the machine. For clarification, ques-
tions, or additional information regarding any portions of this
manual, contact JLG Industries, Inc.
•Only personnel who have received proper training regarding the
inspection, application and operation of MEWPs (including recog-
nition and avoiding hazards associated with their operation) shall
be authorized to operate a MEWP.
•Only properly trained personnel who have received unit-specific
familiarization shall operate a MEWP. The user shall determine if
personnel are qualified to operate the MEWP prior to operation.
•Read, understand, and obey all DANGERS, WARNINGS, CAUTIONS,
and operating instructions on the machine and in this manual.
•Ensure that the machine is to be used in a manner which is within
the scope of its intended application as determined by JLG.
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