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Safety:
Talon® Safety:
The Talon® comes preassembled, tested, and ready for use. Care must be taken to properly install the Talon®
according to the instructions for Poultry Hawk® mounting or wall mounting.
Use only in a well-ventilated area. When used correctly, the Talon’s® exhaust CO2 gas poses no threat to
operator or poultry. Concentrated or prolonged exposure to significant levels of CO2 may cause dizziness,
headaches, confusion and potentially death.
Do not mount your Talon® or store extra CO2 bottles in small confined areas, e.g. your poultry house service
room.
Use only 20 lb. CO2 (carbon dioxide) bottles. Use of other gases may be harmful or fatal to the operator.
Check each bottle label to be sure it indicates CO2.
Stand clear until Talon® cycle is complete.
Use only Talon® buckets with the Talon® system. Other non-Talon® buckets are not approved.
The operator is responsible for confirming the death of each bird before discarding.
Carbon Dioxide Storage Safety:
1. CO2 bottles should always be stored in a specified area. The storage area should:
a. Be well ventilated.
b. Be selected away from the edge of any elevated areas.
c. Be selected away from or protected from areas of high traffic.
d. Be dry and free of a corrosive atmosphere.
e. Have adequate means to secure all bottles stored in the area. The means of securing should be
sufficient to hold the bottles in place, yet not cause damage to the bottles.
f. Be a continuously cool place. Do not store bottles adjacent to any source of heat, intermittent or
continuous. Safety relief devices of CO2 bottles are designed to operate when the pressure of the
bottle exceeds 2800 – 3000 psi (depending on the design of the safety relief device). A properly
charged CO2 bottle could vent through its safety relief device at approximately 150 o F (65.6 o C). A
slightly overfilled CO2 bottle could vent through its safety relief device when exposed to a much
lower temperature. The CGA recommends that CO2 bottle be stored in areas with a temperature less
than 125 o F (51.7 o C).
2. Never store a charged CO2 bottle in a passenger vehicle or in the cab portion of any vehicle.
3. Empty CO2 bottles should be stored with the valve tightly closed.
4. Bottles can be stored standing on their base or lying on their side.
