Important Safety Precautions - Stihl MS 192 T Instruction Manual

Important Safety
Precautions
1. Fatigue causes carelessness. Be
more cautious before rest periods
and before the end of your shift.
2. Safety clothing required by your
safety organizations, government
regulations, or your employer
should be used; otherwise, snug
fitting clothing, safety foot-wear, and
hand and hear protection should be
worn.
3. Before fuelling, servicing, or trans-
porting your chainsaw, switch off the
engine. To help prevent fire, restart
your chainsaw at least 3 m from the
fuelling area.
4. When using a chainsaw, a fire
extinguisher should be available.
5. When felling, keep at least 2 1/2 tree
lengths between yourself and your
fellow workers.
6. Plan your work, assure yourself of
an obstacle-free work area and, in
the case of felling, of an escape
path from the falling tree.
7. Follow instructions in your
operator's manual for starting the
chainsaw and control the chainsaw
with a firm grip on both handles
when it is in operation. Keep
handles dry, clean and free of oil. A
chainsaw should never be carried
with the engine running.
MS 192 T
8. When transporting your chainsaw,
use the appropriate transportation
covers that should be available for
the guide bar and saw chain.
9. Never operate a chainsaw that is
damaged or improperly adjusted or
that is not completely and securely
assembled. Be sure that the saw
chain stops moving when the
throttle control trigger is released.
Never adjust the guide bar or saw
chain when the engine is operating.
10. Beware of carbon monoxide
poisoning. Operate the chainsaw in
well ventilated areas only.
11. Do not attempt a pruning or limbing
operation in a standing tree unless
specifically trained to do so.
12. Guard against kickback. Kickback is
the upward motion of the guide bar
that occurs when the saw chain, at
the nose of the guide bar, contacts
an object. Kickback can lead to
dangerous loss of control of the
chainsaw.
13. Allow your chainsaw to cool before
fuelling, and do not smoke.
14. Don't allow other persons or
animals close to a running chainsaw
or close to where a tree is being
felled.
15. Use extreme caution when cutting
small size brush and saplings
because slender material may catch
the saw chain and be whipped
toward you.
16. When cutting a limb that is under
tension be alert for spring-back.
17. This gas powered saw is classified
according CSA Standard
CAN 3-Z62.1 as a class 1B saw. A
professional chainsaw with internal
combustion engine limited to a
maximum engine displacement of
3
40 cm and intended for use by
trained tree service workers.
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