Residual Risks; Getting To Know The Machine; Description Of The Machine And Planned Use; Intended Use - Mountfield BC 500 Li 48 Manual De Instrucciones

pollution and reduces the
demand for raw materials.

2.7 RESIDUAL RISKS

Even when all safety rules
are obeyed, there still can be
a certain residual risk, which
cannot be excluded. From the
kind and construction of the
tool the foreseeable potential
endangerments can be:
• Hurled materials that
may injure the eyes;
• Damage of the hearing, if no
protection of the ears is carried.

3. GETTING TO KNOW THE MACHINE

3.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE MACHINE
AND PLANNED USE
This machine is a garden tool and
more precisely a battery-powered
portable brush cutter/lawn trimmer.
The machine essentially comprises a motor
which drives a cutting means configured in
various ways to meet various functions.
The operator is able to sustain the machine
with the aid of a harness and can operate
the main controls, always keeping at a
safe distance from the cutting means.

3.1.1 Intended use

This machine was designed
and manufactured for:
– cutting grass and non-woody
vegetation with a nylon line
enclosed in a cutting line head;
– cutting tall grass, dry branches, twigs
and woody shrubs of up to 2 cm diameter,
with the aid of metal or plastic blades;
– being used by one operator.

3.1.2 Improper use

Any other usage not in keeping with the above-
mentioned ones may be hazardous and harm
persons and/or damage things. Examples of
improper use may include, but are not limited to:
– using the machine for sweeping, tilting
the cutting line head. The power of
the motor could throw objects and
small stones 15 metres or more,
causing damage or injury to people;
– trimming hedges or other jobs in which the
cutting means is not used at ground level;
– cutting and chopping trees,
bushes and flowers;
– pruning trees;
– using the machine for cutting
non-plant material;
– using the machine with the cutting
means above the operator's belt level;
– using the machine in public
gardens, parks, sports centres, on
roadways, fields and woods;
– using cutting means other than those
listed in the "Technical Data" table.
Serious injury and wound hazard.
– using of the machine by more
than one person.
IMPORTANT Improper use of the
machine will invalidate the warranty, waive
the Manufacturer from all liability, and the
user will consequently be liable for all and
any damage or injury to himself or others.
3.1.3 User types
This machine is intended for use by
consumers, i.e. non-professional operators.
It is intended for "DIY" use
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