Safety Information; Safety Symbol And Signal Words; Major Hazards; Workpiece Kickback - Craftsman 113.197250 Operator's Manual

Safety Information
The operator's manual contains safety infor-
mation, instructions and signs for your protec-
tion against serious injuries, including:
Loss of fingers, hand, arm or leg from contact
with the saw blade.
Eye injuries, including being blinded from
being hit by a thrown workpiece, workpiece
chips or pieces of the saw blade.
Impact injuries, including broken bones and
internal organ damage, from being hit by a
thrown workpiece, workpiece chips or pieces
of the saw blade.
Shock, electrocution, or burn injuries from
contact with wires, motor or other saw parts.
Safety Symbol and Signal Words
The safety information in this manual is high-
lighted by the following safety alert symbol.
Fig. 1 Safety Alert Symbol
The following signal words are used to indi-
cate the level of risk.
DANGER:
Means that if the safety infor-
mation is not followed, someone will be
seriously injured or killed.
_1_ WARNING:
Means that if the safety in-
formation is not followed someone could be
seriously injured or killed.
_lb CAUTION: Means that if the safety in-
formation is not followed someone may be in-
jured.
All of the safety information and cutting
steps are critical to the safe operation of the
radial arm saw.
Major Hazards
1. Workpiece Kickback
Kickback is an uncontrolled grabbing and
throwing of the workpiece during ripping. If
kickback occurs, the workpiece can hit
you hard enough to cause broken bones, in-
ternal organ injury or death. To reduce or
prevent kickback, read and follow the safety
information in the Ripping section of the
manual.
Kickback.
Internal injury can
result.
Use anti-kickback
pawls/spreader.
Fig 2 Kickback Safety Sign
2. Kickback Followed by Blade Contact
Kickback followed by blade contact can hap-
pen when the saw blade is pinched or bound
by the workpieee during ripping. Kickback
can happen if you reach around the blade to
the end with the anti-kickback pawls, (oat-
feed end), and try to hold-down or pull the
workpiece through to complete the cut. Your
fingers, hand, or arm can be cut off by the
blade if the workpiece kicks back.
Kickback, Blade
Contact.
Fingers, hand, arm
can be cut off.
Follow instructions
for Ripping
Fig. 3 Blade Contact Safety Sign