ATIKA BF 43-2 Manual Original página 21

Personal protective equipment
Never work without suited protective equipment:
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Do not wear loose-fitting clothes or jewellery; they could
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be caught by movable parts.
Wear a hair-net if your hair is long
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Certificated hardhat in situations where injuries to the
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head must be expected (e.g. when chopping or
releasing trees).
Visor
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Ear protection
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Protective jacket with striking colour
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Cut-proof trousers and gloves
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When using the brush cutter, slip-resistant boots
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(safety boots) with cut protection and protective toe caps
as well as gloves with cut protection must be used.
Slip-resistant shoes are permitted when used as grass
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trimmer.
Fire extinguisher and spade (sparks may occur during
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working)
First-aid material
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Mobile telephone if required
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Safety instructions – before working
Carry out the following checks before the initiation and
regularly during the working process. Observe the
relevant sections in the operating instruction manual:
Is the device assembled completely and properly?
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Is the device in good and safe condition?
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Are the handles clean and dry?
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Check to make sure the cutting unit stops while the motor is
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idling.
Check the machine for loose fasteners, fuel leakage and
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damaged parts such as cracks in the tool.
Before starting your work make sure that:
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no other persons, children or animals stay within the
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working area,
you can always step back without any barriers,
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your standing area is free from foreign objects,
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brushwood and branches,
you always have a secure standing position.
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Is the workplace free of risks to stumble? Keep your
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workplace in an orderly condition! Untidiness can result in
accidents. Risk of stumbling.
Before trimming, remove all foreign objects (e.g. stones,
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branches, wires, etc.). While working watch out for further
foreign objects.
Take into consideration environmental influences:
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Do not work under insufficient light conditions (e.g. fog,
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rain, snow flurry or twilight). If you can no longer see
details within the falling area – risk of accident.
Do not use the device near inflammable liquids or gases
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- Risk of fire.
The operator is responsible for accidents or risks which
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occur to other persons or their properties.
Safety instructions - operation
Never saw with only one hand. Hold the device always
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firmly with both hands.
Never work
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with stretched arms
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on hardly accessible places above shoulder height
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standing on a ladder, a staging or a tree.
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Always work on non-skid and flat ground.
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Avoid abnormal posture. Provide a safe standing position and
keep at any time the balance.
Always use the carrying strep supplied.
Change your working posture from time to time. Observe
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sufficient break times to rest.
To have a break stop the machine and place it so that nobody
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is at risk. Secure the device against unauthorized access.
Safety instruction – while working
Never work alone. Keep acoustic and visual contact to other
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persons at all times to allow immediate first aid in emergency
cases.
Risk to third parties! Keep children, bystanders and animals
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away from your working area. Make sure that a distance of at
least 15 m to the machine is observed during operation.
Immediately stop the engine at imminent danger or in
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emergency cases
Never leave the device running unattended.
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This petrol grass trimmer produces harmful
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substances! Never run the device in closed or
poorly ventilated rooms. Provide for a sufficient
change of air when working in wells, trenches or confined
spaces. There is the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning
or death by suffocation.
Immediately stop working when you feel unwell (e.g.
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headache, dizziness, nausea, etc.). Otherwise there is an
increased risk of accidents.
Make sure that the cutting tool is free before starting the
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engine.
Before starting the engine, make sure that your hands and
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feet are kept at a safe distance to the cutting tool.
Caution! The cutting tool may after-run. Do not try to slow it
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down by hand.
Start cutting only when the cutting tool has reached the full
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rotational speed.
Do not overload the machine! You work better and safer in the
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given performance range.
Take breaks when working so that the engine can cool down.
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Do not place a hot machine in dry grass or onto inflammable
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objects.
Never touch the silencer and the engine while the machine is
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running or shortly after it was stopped. Danger of burning!
Never bring the cutting tool in contact with rigid objects
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(stones, trunks).
General safety instructions
Stop the machine and remove the spark plug connector
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from the spark plug when
the cutting tool comes in contact with stones, nails or other
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foreign objects
carrying out repair works
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maintenance and cleaning
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removal of faults
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transport and storage
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