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SAFETY INFORMATION
• Remove the battery when not in use, before servicing, and when making adjustments and changing
attachments, such as saw chain and bar.
• Do not cut vines and/or small underbrush.
• Do not operate a chain saw in a tree, on a ladder, or scaffold; this is extremely dangerous.
Note:
The size of the work area depends on the job being performed as well as the size tree or work
piece involved. For example, felling a tree requires a larger work area than making bucking cuts.
• Use extreme caution when cutting small size brush and saplings because the small material may
catch the saw chain and be whipped toward you or pull you off balance.
• When cutting a limb that is under tension, be alert for spring back so that you will not be struck
when the tension in the wood fibers is released.
• Do not force the chain saw. The job can be performed better and safer at the rate for which it was
intended.
• Always use the right product for your application. The chain saw should be used for cutting wood
only. Never use the chain saw to cut plastic, masonry or non-wood building materials.
• Do not use the chain saw for purposes not intended.
• Store chain saw when not in use. Chain saw should be stored in a dry and high or locked area out
of the reach of children.
• Save these instructions. Refer to them frequently and use them to instruct others who may use this
tool. If you loan someone this tool, loan them these instructions also.
WARNING Proposition 65
Some dust created by power sanding, sawing, grinding, drilling, and other construction activities
contain chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. Some examples
of these chemicals are:
• Lead from lead-based paints,
• Crystalline silica from bricks and cement and other masonry products, and
• Arsenic and chromium from chemically-treated lumber.
Your risk from these exposures varies, depending on how often you do this type of work. To reduce
your exposure to these chemicals, work in a well-ventilated area, and work with approved safety
equipment, such as those dust masks that are specially designed to filter out microscopic particles.
Kickback may occur when the moving chain contacts an object at the upper portion of the tip of the
guide bar or when the wood closes in and pinches the saw chain in the cut. Contact at the upper
portion of the tip of the guide bar can cause the chain to dig into the object and stop the chain for an
instant. The result is a lightning fast reverse reaction which kicks the guide bar up and back toward
the operator. If the saw chain is pinched along the top of the guide bar, the guide bar can be driven
rapidly back toward the operator. Either of these reactions can cause loss of saw control which can
result in serious injury. Do not rely exclusively upon the safety devices built into the saw. As a chain
saw user, you should take several steps to keep your cutting jobs free from accident or injury.
WARNING
Kickback
