Do conditional clauses always need to precede the main clause?
No. This is not always the case, but if you give a condition in a work step that the operator must know before he does the work step, it is often more logical (and safer) to put this condition at the beginning of the sentence. Here, in the example, ” If hot oil touches your skin, it can cause burns.” It is more logical to write the condition first and then the result that follows from that condition.
