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4 Safety Precautions
► Wear long trousers made from resistant
material.
■ Dust may be stirred up while working. Breath‐
ing in dust may be harmful to health and
cause allergic reactions.
► If dust is stirred up: wear a dust mask.
■ Unsuitable clothing may get caught in wood,
brambles and in the lawn scarifier. Users with‐
out suitable clothing can be seriously injured.
► Wear close-fitting clothing.
► Remove scarves and jewellery.
■ The user may come into contact with the roller
during cleaning, maintenance or transport.
This may result in injury to the user.
► Wear work gloves made from resistant
material.
■ Wearing unsuitable footwear may cause the
user to slip. This may result in injury to the
user.
► Wear sturdy, closed-toed footwear with
high-grip soles.
■ Noise is produced while working. Noise may
damage the hearing.
► Wear hearing protection.
4.5 Work Area and Surroundings
4.5.1 Work Area and Surroundings
WARNING
■ Bystanding people, children and animals can‐
not recognise or evaluate the dangers posed
by the lawn scarifier and high-velocity objects.
This may result in serious injury to bystanding
people, children and animals and damage to
property.
► Keep bystanding people, children
and animals out of the work area.
► Maintain a distance from objects.
► Do not leave the lawn scarifier unattended.
► Make sure that children cannot play with
the lawn scarifier.
■ Working in the rain may cause the user to slip.
This may result in serious or fatal injury to the
user.
► In case it rains: Do not continue work.
■ The lawn scarifier is not waterproof. Working
in the rain or in a damp environment may
result in electric shock. This may result in seri‐
ous or fatal injury to the user and damage to
the lawn scarifier.
► Do not work in the rain or in a damp
environment.
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■ Electrical components of the lawn scarifier
may produce sparks. Sparks may cause fires
and explosions in highly flammable or explo‐
sive environments. This may result in serious
or fatal injury to people and damage to prop‐
erty.
► Do not work in a highly flammable or explo‐
sive environment.
4.5.2 Battery
WARNING
■ Bystanders, children and animals cannot rec‐
ognize or assess the dangers of the battery.
Bystanders, children and animals may be seri‐
ously injured.
► Keep bystanders, children and animals
away from the work area.
► Do not leave the battery unattended.
► Make sure that children cannot play with
the battery.
■ The battery is not protected against all ambi‐
ent conditions. If the battery is exposed to cer‐
tain ambient conditions, the battery may catch
fire, explode or be irreparably damaged. This
may result in serious injury to people and
damage to property.
► Protect battery from heat and fire.
► Do not throw the battery into a fire.
► Do not charge, use and store the battery
outside of the specified temperature limits,
20.4.
► Protect the battery from rain and
moisture and do not immerse it in liq‐
uids.
► Keep battery away from small metal parts.
► Do not expose the battery to high pressure.
► Do not expose the battery to microwaves.
► Protect the battery from chemicals and
salts.
4.6 Safe Condition
4.6.1 Lawn Scarifier
The lawn scarifier is in safe condition when the
following conditions are met:
– The lawn scarifier is not damaged.
– The lawn scarifier is clean and dry.
– The controls are working and have not been
modified.
– If material removed from the lawn is to be col‐
lected in the grass catcher box: the grass
catcher box is correctly attached.
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