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These shards are hard to see and can be dangerous if they touch your eyes or skin. ND ACCE es conform to the guidelines expressed in the American National Standards Institute document (ANSI Z535) for hazard alert messages. Alerts are included in this instru d ath or serious i jury ectacles) conforming to ANSI Z87, for eye protection from accidental injury wh n ha dling. All optical fibers cables are sensitive to damage during handling & installation. Introduction This Program provides supervision, employees and safety managers with general safety rules, task safety procedures and best techniques for installation of quality fiber optic cable systems (cable handling, splicing, pulling, terminating testing and trouble shooting tasks). Here are 5 vital rules for staying safe when you're working on fiber optic cables. As such, to ensure that fiber optic cables or FORJs can yield the best possible results of the FO performance it's of great significance for engineers and operators to keep in mind how to handle optical fibers or cables.

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