Safety Instructions For Thickness Planer; Safety Signal Words; Before Using The Thickness Planer - RIDGID TP1300 Owner's Manual

Safety Instructions for Thickness Planer

Safety is a combination of common sense, staying alert and knowing how
your thickness planer works. Read this manual to understand this thickness
planer.

Safety Signal Words

DANGER: If the safety information is
not followed, someone will be seri-
ously injured or killed.

Before Using The Thickness Planer

WARNING: Some dust created by
power sanding, sawing, grinding,
drilling, and other construction
activities contains chemicals
known (to the State of California)
to cause cancer, birth defects or
other reproductive harm. Some
examples of these chemicals are:
• Lead from lead-bases 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 venti-
lated area, and work with
approved safety equipment, such
as those dust masks that are
specially designed to filter out
microscopic particles.
WARNING: If the safety information is
not followed, someone could be seri-
ously injured or killed.
CAUTION: If the safety information is
not followed, someone may be
injured.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of
mistakes that could cause seri-
ous, permanent injury, do not
plug the thickness planer in until
the following steps have been
satisfactorily completed.
• Completely assemble and align
thickness planer. (See "Assembly"
and "Alignment" sections.)
• Learn the use and function of the
on-off switch, cutter guard, elevation
hand wheel, outfeed table and
infeed table (see "Getting to Know
Your Thickness Planer" section
within.)
• Review and understand all safety
instructions and operating proce-
dures in this manual.
• Review the maintenance methods
for this thickness planer. (See
"Maintenance" section within).
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