O-Mac MF 2500 Manual page 47

2.2 preparation
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Always wear slim fitting protective clothing
with slash-proof protection, anti-vibration
gloves, helmet, protective goggles, half-mask
respirator, protective earplugs, cut resistant
safety boots with non–slip soles.
• Never wear scarves, shirts, necklaces,
bracelets, clothing with flowing parts, laces or
ties or any hanging or flapping accessory that
could catch in the machine or in any objects
or materials in the work area.
• Tie your hair back if it is long.
Internal combustion engines: fuel
DANGER! Petrol and the fuel mixture are
highly flammable!
• Keep the petrol and fuel mixture in
approved fuel containers, in a safe place,
away from any naked lights or heat sources.
• Keep the fuel containers and storage
area free of sawdust, branches, leaves, or
excessive grease.
• Keep the containers out of the reach of
children.
• Do not smoke when preparing the mixture,
when filling or topping up with fuel or when
handling the fuel.
• Use a funnel to top up with fuel only in the
open air.
• Do not inhale fuel fumes.
• Never remove the tank cap or add fuel
whilst the engine is running or when the
engine is hot.
• Open the fuel tank slowly to allow the
pressure inside to decrease gradually.
• Do not approach the tank opening with a
naked flame to check its contents.
• If you have spilt some fuel, do not attempt
to start the engine but move the machine
away from the area of spillage and avoid
creating any source of ignition until the
fuel has evaporated and fuel vapours have
dissipated.
• Immediately clean up all traces of fuel spilt
on the machine or on the ground.
• Replace caps of all fuel tanks and
containers securely.
• Never start the machine in the same place
in which you refilled it with fuel; the engine
must be started in an area at least 3 metres
from where you refuelled.
• If fuel is spilt on clothing, change clothing
before starting the engine.
2.3 During operation
Work Area
• Do not operate the engine in a confined
space where dangerous carbon monoxide
fumes can develop. All starting operations
must be carried out in an open or well
ventilated area! Always remember that
exhaust fumes are toxic.
• When starting up the machine, do not
direct the silencer and therefore the exhaust
fumes towards flammable materials.
• Do not use the machine in environments at
risk of explosion, in the presence of flammable
liquids, gas or powder. Electrical contacts and
mechanical friction can generate sparks that
can ignite the powder or vapours.
• Work only in daylight or with good artificial
light in good visibility conditions.
• Keep persons, children and animals away
from the working area. Ask another adult to
keep the children under supervision.
• Check that there is anybody within at least
15 metres of the machine's range of action.
• Where possible, avoid working on wet,
slippery ground or in any case on uneven
or steep ground that does not guarantee
stability for the operator;
• Pay careful attention to uneven ground hills,
dips, slopes, hidden hazards and obstacles
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