Placement of cautions in procedures

Subject: Placement of cautions in procedures
From: "HSC Italian" <twins398 -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 10:30:50 -0500


Hello,

I was wondering if anyone on this list knows of any good resources that clearly defines where cautions/warnings should be placed within a set of procedures, and how often they should appear.

The following example is how I was taught (to put the cautions before the step):

1. Remove the push-in fastener that secures the head-open flag indicator to the toggle shaft. Remove the head-open flag.

2. Remove the screw from the head-open latch. Remove the latch.

Caution: Wear protective eyewear when installing or removing E-rings, C-clips, snap rings, springs, and mounting buttons. These are under tension and could fly off.

3. Remove the C-clip from the end of the auxiliary roller shaft.

If anyone has any insight, resource, and the like, you feedback would be much appreciated. In addtion, how often should cautions/warnings appear in procedures, just in the first instance, or before each instance the caution/warning is needed.

TIA,

HSC



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