Honda HHB25 Owner's Manual page 11

To ensure safe operation
Operator Responsibility
• Injury caused by vibration and cold:
You may feel the prickling or burning pain in your fingers, and the
fingers may lose color and feeling depending on your constitution.
It is believed that these symptoms are brought by vibration and/or
exposure to cold. The specific trigger point of these symptoms are
not identified yet, but observe the following instructions.
* Limit the amount of time you spend operating the handy blower
in a day. A day's work should consist of the work with the handy
blower and the other work without the hand-held equipment so
you can limit the amount of time when your hands are exposed to
the machine vibration.
* Keep your body worm, especially your hands, wrists and arms.
* Take your breaks at shorter intervals and arm exercises well to
maintain good blood circulation. Do not smoke while working.
* When you feel discomfort, redness and swelling of the fingers
followed by whitening and loss of feeling, consult your doctor
promptly.
• Injury caused by repeated operation:
Performing the repeated operation for a prolonged time may cause
injury. Observe the following instructions to reduce the causes of
the injury.
* Avoid the repeated operation by using your wrist(s) in bent,
stretched or twisted position.
* Take your breaks regularly to minimize the effect of the repeated
operation. Take your time when performing the repeated operation.
Do not rush to operate the handy blower.
* When your fingers, hands, wrists and/or arms are throbbing or
numbed, consult your doctor.
Child Safety
• Keep children indoors and supervised at all times when any outdoor
handy blower is being used nearby. Young children move quickly
and are attracted especially to the handy blower activity.
• Never assume children will remain where you last saw them. Be
alert and turn the handy blower off if children enter the area.
• Children should never be allowed to operate the handy blower, even
under adult supervision.
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