Safety; Major Hazards; Safety Symbol And Signal Words; Outfeed Zone Hazard - Craftsman 509344 Owner's Manual

This manual has safety information and
instructions to help users eliminate or
reduce the risk of accidents and injuries,
including:
1. Severe cuts, and loss of fingers or other
body parts due to contact with the blade.
2. Eye impact injuries and blindness, from
being hit by a thrown workpiece, workpiece
chips or pieces of blade.
3. Bodily impact injuries, broken bones and
internal organ damage from being hit by a
thrown workpiece.
4. Shock or electrocution.
5. Burns.

Safety Symbol and Signal Words

An exclamation mark inside a triangle is the
safety alert symbol.
It is used to draw attention to safety infor-
mation in the manual and on the saw. It is
followed by a signal word, DANGER,
WARNING or CAUTION, which tells the
level of risk:
DANGER means if the safety informa-
:
tion is not followed someone will be seri-
ously injured or killed.
WARNING means if the safety informa-
:
tion is not followed someone could be seri-
ously injured or killed.
CAUTION means if the safety informa-
:
tion is not followed someone may be injured.
Read and follow all safety information
and instructions.

Major Hazards

Three major hazards are associated with
using the radial arm saw for ripping. They
are outfeed zone hazard, kickback and
wrong way feed.
This section only briefly explains these haz-
ards. Read the ripping and crosscutting
safety sections for more detailed explana-
tions of these and other hazards.

Outfeed Zone Hazard

If you reach around the blade to the outfeed
side when ripping, and try to hold down or
pull the workpiece through to complete a cut,
the rotational force of the blade will pull your
hand back into the blade.
Fingers will be cut off.
Read and follow the information and
instructions under ripping safety.

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