Safety; Safety Symbols And Signal Words; Outfeed Zone Hazard - Craftsman 113.234700 Owner's Manual

Safety
This manual has safety information and
instructions to help users eliminate or
reduce the risk of accidents and injuries,
including:
1. Severe cuts, and loss of fingers or
other body parts due to contact with the
blade
2. Eye impact injuries, and blindness,
from being hit by a thrown workpiece,
workpiece chips or pieces of blade
3. Bodily impact injuries, broken bones,
and internal organ damage from being
hit by a thrown workpiece
4. Shock or electrocution
5. Burns.
Safety Symbol and Signal
Words
An exclamation mark inside a triangle is
the safety alert symbol.
It is used to draw attention to safety in-
formation in the manual and on the saw.
It is$ollowed by a signal word,
DANGER, WARNING, or CAUTION,
which tells the level of risk:
DANGER: means if the safety infor-
mation is not followed someone will be
seriously injured or killed.
_ WARNING: means if the safety in-
formation is not followed someone
could be seriously injured or killed.
CAUTION: means if the safety in-
formation is not followed someone may
be injured.
Read and follow the safety information
and instructions.
Major Hazards
Three major hazards are associated with
using the radial arm saw for ripping.
They are outfeed zone hazard, kickback,
and wrong way feed. This section only
briefly explains these hazards. Read the
ripping and crosscutting safety sections
for more detailed explanations of these
and other hazards.
Outfeed Zone Hazard
,_DANGER
If you reach around the blade to the out-
feed side when ripping, and try to hold
down or pull the workpiece through to
complete a cut, the rotational force of
the blade will pull your hand back into
the blade.
Fingers will be cut off.
Read and follow the information and
instructions under ripping safety.