Safety Instructions For Thickness Planer; Safety Symbols; Before Using The Thickness Planer - RIDGID TP1300 Operator's Manual

Safety Instructions for Thickness Planer

The purpose of safety symbols is to
attract your attention to possible
dangers. The safety symbols, and the
explanations with them, deserve your
careful attention and understanding.
The safety warnings do not by
themselves eliminate any danger.
The instructions or warnings they give
are not substitutes for proper accident
prevention measures.

Safety Symbols

indicates an imminently
DANGER:
hazardous situation which, if not

Before Using The Thickness Planer

WARNING: Some dust created
by power sanding, sawing, grinding,
drilling, and other construction
activities contains chemicals known
(to the State of California) to cause
cancer, birth defects or other repro-
ductive harm. Some examples of
these chemicals are:
• Lead from lead-bases paints,
• Crystalline silica from bricks and
cement and other masonry prod-
ucts, and
• Arsenic and
chemically-treated lumber.
Your risk from these exposures var-
ies, 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.
WARNING:
ly and understand completely the operator's manual. Pay close attention to
the safety rules, including Dangers, Warnings, and Cautions. If you use this
tool properly and only for what it is intended, you will enjoy years of safe, re-
liable service.
chromium from
Do not attempt to use the tool until you have read thorough-
avoided, will result in death or serious
injury.
WARNING:
hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, could result in death or seri-
ous injury.
CAUTION:
hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, may result in minor or mod-
erate injury. It may also be used to
alert against unsafe practices that
may cause property damage.
WARNING: To reduce the risk
of mistakes that could cause seri-
ous, permanent injury, do not plug
the thickness planer in until the fol-
lowing steps have been satisfacto-
rily completed.
• Completely assemble and align
thickness planer. (See "Assembly"
and "Alignment" sections.)
• Learn the use and function of the
on-off switch, cutter guard, elevation
hand wheel, outfeed table and
infeed table (see "Getting to Know
Your Thickness Planer" section
within.)
• Review and understand all safety
instructions and operating proce-
dures in this manual.
• Review the maintenance methods
for this thickness planer. (See
"Maintenance" section within).
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indicates a potentially
indicates a potentially