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MACH ERY AND MMiA IZED EQUIRMU SAFETY (Continued) All machinery or equipment will be shut dawn and positive means taken to prevent its operation while repairs or manual lubrications are being done. Exerption. Equipment designed to be serviced while running. All repairs on machinery or equipment will be made at a location which will provide protection from traffic for repair persons. Heavy machinery, equipment, or parts thereof which are suspended or held apart by slings, hoists, or jacks also will be substantially blocked or cribbed before personnel are permitted to work underneath or between them. Bulldozer and scraper blades, end-loader buckets, dunp bodies, and similar equipment will be either fully lowered or blocked when being repaired or when not in use. All controls will be in a neutral position, with the engines stopped and brakes set, unless work being performed on the machine requires otherwise. Stationary machinery and equipment will be placed on a firm foundation and secured before being operated. All points requiring lubrication during operation will have fittings so located or guarded to be accessible without hazardous exposure. When necessary, all mobile equipment and the operating area will be adequately illuminated while work is in progress. i Mechanized equipment will be shut dawn prior to and during fueling operations. Closed systems, with automatic shut-off which will prevent spillage if connections are broken, may be used to fuel diesel powered equipment left running. All towing devices used on any ocubinations of equipment will be structurally adequate for the weight drawn and securely mounted. Persons will not be permitted to get between a towed and towing piece of equipment until the towing equipment has been stopped. All equipment with windshields will be equipped with powered wipers. Vehicles that operate under conditions that cause fogging or frosting of windshields will be equipped with operable defogcing or defrosting devices. All equipment left unattended at night, adjacent to a highway in normal use, or adjacent to construction areas where work is in progress, will have lights or reflectors, or barricades equipped with lights or reflectors, to identify the location of the equipment. Whenever the equipment is parked, the parking brake will be set. Equipment parked on inclines will have the wheels docked or track mechanism blocked and the parking brake set.