Bosch 5412L Operating Instructions Manual page 5

Safety
"READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS" -- Failure to follow the SAFETY RULES identified by
BULLET (e) symbol listed BELOW and other safety precautions, may result in serious personal
injury.
• Do not allow familiarity gained from frequent
use of your miter saw to become common-
place. Always remember that a careless frac-
tion of a second is sufficient to inflict severe
injury.
• THINK SAFETY! SAFETY IS A COMBINATION
OF OPERATOR'S COMMON SENSE, KNOWL-
EDGE OF THE SAFETY AND OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS AND ALERTNESS AT ALL
TIMES WHEN THE MITER SAW IS BEING
USED.
THE WARNINGS SHOWN
BELOW CAN BE FOUND ON
YOUR TOOL. THESE WARNINGS ARE ONLY A
CONDENSED FORM OF THE MORE DETAILED
SAFETY RULES AND PRECAUTIONS THAT
APPEAR IN YOUR OWNER'S MANUAL. THEY
SERVE AS A REMINDER OF ALL SAFETY RULES
NEEDED FOR SAFE OPERATION OF THIS MITER
SAW.
Some dust created by power
sanding, sawing, grinding,
drilling, and other construction activities contains
chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or
other reproductive harm. Some examples of
these chemicals are:
• Lead from lead-based paints,
• Crystalline silica from bricks and cement and other
masonry products, and
• Arsenic and chromium from chemically treated
lumber.
Your risk from these exposures varies, depending on
how often you do this type of work. To reduce your
exposure to these chemicals: work in a well ventilated
area, and work with approved safety equipment,
such as those dust masks that are specially designed
to filter out microscopic particles.
DESIGNATED DANGER ZONE.
AVOID POSiTiONiNG HANDS,
FINGERS OR ARMS iN THE
AREA DESIGNATED BY THiS
SYMBOL.
"SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS"
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