Exercise 6. Your farm purchased five brand-new John Deere combine harvesters

Your farm purchased five brand-new John Deere combine harvesters. You, as a mechanical engineer on a farm, are asked to instruct the workers and drivers of your team on the hazards arising from the use of the given type of machinery and on how to utilize it safely.

A poster with the image of the new combine is at your disposal (Fig. 9), and you should point at the referred elements as you speak.

The “ Out-line of the Standard Safety Instruction ” (below) has been provided by the manufacturer. Deliver the required speech, basing yourselves on this out-line, and employing appropriately the following linking and introductory combinations from the list and those from Exercise 6 (Unit 2), Exercise 5 (Unit 4), Exercise 4 (Unit 5), Exercise 4 (Unit 6) and Exercise 4 (Unit 8).

n You should …/ should not …;

n Mind that …;

n Be particularly careful (with smth/doing smth) …;

n You are recommended …;

n The manufacturer advises that you …;

n Our farm’s management insists that you …;

n Your maximum attention must be paid to ….;

n One must not …;

n Make sure …;

n Remember (to do/not to do) ….

OUT-LINE OF THE STANDARD SAFETY INSTRUCTION (SSI) (John Deere combine harvesters) This information sheet lists some of the hazards arising from the use of combine harvesters (combines)and advises on how to use them safely.   HAZARDS: · Operator’s falling from the combine · Contact with overhead power lines (OHPLs) · Being run over · Contact with the knife, reel or stripper rotor · Being injured by the drive mechanism · Dust · Fires   DON’T: · climb or reach into the grain tank unless all augers and the engine are stopped · let people jump on or off your combine when it is moving · work under an unsupported header; use the table-supports provided · carry out maintenance with the engine running · run the combine with the protection guards raised or removed · allow children or unauthorized personal on the combine · overload the machine   DO: · stop the engine (and pocket the ignition key) before you clean the grain tank, carry out any work associated with it, or when working at the rear, inside or underneath the combine · follow correct procedures for working under the header or transferring it on and off its transport trailer · be particularly careful when reversing; make sure you can see what is behind you; hoot before starting the engine or reversing · wear non-slip footwear and avoid wearing loose closing · brake and turn cautiously on downhill and slopes · be patient when working in laid crops or unfamiliar fibrous crops · use your instruments and listen for impending blockages - avoidance is easier than clearing blockages · close the cab door or use respiratory protective equipment, for the exposure to high levels of grain-dust causes ill health, which could include occupational asthma, grain fever, chronic bronchitis, allergic eye and nasal infections · mind additional safety procedures which are laid down for combines fitted with yield measuring meters using an ionizing radiation source

UNIT 10. Simulation in Farm Machinery Design