4
Kickback Safety Features
Warning:
The following features are included on your Pole Saw
to help reduce the hazard of kickback; however such features will
not totally eliminate this dangerous reaction. As a chain saw user do
not rely only on safety devices. You must follow all safety
precautions, instructions, and maintenance in this manual to help
avoid kickback and other forces which can result in serious injury.
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Reduced-Kickback Guide Bar,
designed with a small radius tip
which reduces the size of the kickback danger zone on bar tip. A
reduced- kickback guide bar is one which has been demonstrated
to significantly reduce the number and seriousness of kickbacks
when tested in accordance with safety requirements for electric
chain saws.
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Low-Kickback Chain,
designed with a contoured depth gauge and
guard link which deflect kickback force and allow wood to gradually
ride into the cutter. A low-kickback chain is a chain which has met
kickback performance requirements of ANSI B175.1 when tested
on the representative sample of chain saws.
Specific Safety Rules
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Hold tool by insulated gripping surfaces when performing an
operation where the cutting tool may contact hidden wiring.
Contact with a "live" wire will make exposed metal parts of the tool
"live" and shock the operator.
WARNING:
Some dust created by power sanding, sawing,
grinding, drilling, and other construction activities contains 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. (CCA)
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.
•
Avoid prolonged contact with dust from power sanding,
sawing, grinding, drilling, and other construction activities.
Wear protective clothing and wash exposed areas with soap
and water.
Allowing dust to get into your mouth, eyes, or lay on the
skin may promote absorption of harmful chemicals.
WARNING:
Use of this tool can generate and/or disburse
dust, which may cause serious and permanent respiratory or
other injury.
Always use NIOSH/OSHA approved respiratory
protection appropriate for the dust exposure. Direct particles away
from face and body.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
The label on your tool may include the following symbols.
V................volts
A ....................amperes
Hz..............hertz
W ..................watts
min ............minutes
..................alternating current
..........direct current
no ..................no load speed
..............Class II Construction
....................
earthing terminal
............safety alert symbol
.../min ............revolutions or
per minute
