Safety Instructions - Before Working; Safety Instructions - Operating; Safety Instructions - While Working; General Safety Instructions - ATIKA BF 31-4T Original Instructions Manual

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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Anti-slipping cut-proof boots (safety shoes) with steel-
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toes
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
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?
• Is the device in good and safe condition?
• Are the handles clean and dry?
• Check the machine for loose fasteners, fuel leakage and
damaged parts such as cracks in the tool.
• Before starting your work make sure that:
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
workplace in an orderly condition! Untidiness can result in
accidents. Risk of stumbling.
• Before trimming, remove all foreign objects (e.g. stones,
branches, wires, etc.). While working watch out for further
foreign objects.
• Take into consideration environmental influences:
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
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
firmly with both hands.
• Never work
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.
Avoid abnormal posture. Provide a safe standing position
and keep at any time the balance
• Change your working posture from time to time.
• To have a break stop the machine and place it so that
nobody is at risk. Secure the device against unauthorized
access.
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before working
risk of accident.
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Safety instruction
• Never work alone. Keep acoustic and visual contact to other
persons at all times to allow immediate first aid in emergency
cases.
• Immediately stop the engine at imminent danger or in
emergency cases
• Never leave the device running unattended.
• This petrol grass trimmer produces harmful
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.
headache, dizziness, nausea, etc.). Otherwise there is an
increased risk of accidents.
• Make sure that the cutting tool is free before starting the
engine.
• Before starting the engine, make sure that your hands and
feet are kept at a safe distance to the cutting tool.
• Caution! The cutting tool may after-run. Do not try to slow it
down by hand.
• Start cutting only when the cutting tool has reached the full
rotational speed.
• Do not overload the machine! You work better and safer in
the given performance range.
• Take breaks when working so that the engine can cool down.
• Do not place a hot machine in dry grass or onto inflammable
objects.
• Never touch the silencer and the engine while the machine is
running or shortly after it was stopped. Danger of burning!
• Never bring the cutting tool in contact with rigid objects
(stones, trunks).

General safety instructions

• Stop the machine and remove the spark plug connector
from the spark plug when
the cutting tool comes in contact with stones, nails or
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other 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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replacing the cutting tool
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leaving the machine (also during temporary interruption)
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• Maintain the machine carefully:
Follow the maintenance instructions and the instructions
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for tool exchange.
Keep the handholds dry and free from resin, oil and
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grease.
Always keep the machine including tool in a good
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condition.
Make sure to check the machine before any use and after
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dropping or other impacts to ensure that it is in a proper
condition.
• Check the machine for possible damage:
Before continuing to use the machine, the protective
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devices must be inspected to ensure that they work
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while working