Safety Instructions - Before Working; Safety Instructions - Operating; Safety Instructions - While Working; General Safety Instructions - Altrad BF 43-2 Manual De Uso

− Cut-proof trousers and gloves
− Anti-slipping cut-proof boots (safety shoes) with steel-
toes
− Fire extinguisher and spade (sparks may occur during
working)
− First-aid material
− Mobile telephone if required
Safety instructions
Carry out the following checks before the initiation and
regularly during the working process. Observe the
relevant sections in the operating instruction manual:
• Is the device assembled completely and properly?
• Is the device in good and safe condition?
• Are the handles clean and dry?
• Before starting your work make sure that:
− no other persons, children or animals stay within the
working area,
− you can always step back without any barriers,
− your standing area is free from foreign objects,
brushwood and branches,
− you always have a secure standing position.
• Is the workplace free of risks to stumble? Keep your
workplace in an orderly condition! Untidiness can result in
accidents. Risk of stumbling.
• Before trimming, remove all foreign objects (e.g. stones,
branches, wires, etc.). While working watch out for further
foreign objects.
• Take into consideration environmental influences:
− Do not work under insufficient light conditions (e.g. fog,
rain, snow flurry or twilight). If you can no longer see
details within the falling area
− Do not use the device near inflammable liquids or gases
- Risk of fire.
− The operator is responsible for accidents or risks which
occur to other persons or their properties.
Safety instructions - operation
• Never saw with only one hand. Hold the device always
firmly with both hands.
• Never work
− with stretched arms
− on hardly accessible places above shoulder height
− standing on a ladder, a staging or a tree.
• Always work on non-skid and flat ground.
Avoid abnormal posture. Provide a safe standing position
and keep at any time the balance
• To have a break stop the machine and place it so that
nobody is at risk. Secure the device against unauthorized
access.
Safety instruction
• Never work alone. Keep acoustic and visual contact to
other persons at all times to allow immediate first aid in
emergency cases.
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before working
risk of accident.
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while working
• Immediately stop the engine at imminent danger or in
emergency cases
• Never leave the device running unattended.
• This petrol grass trimmer produces harmful
substances! Never run the device in closed or
poorly ventilated rooms. Provide for a sufficient
change of air when working in wells, trenches or
confined spaces. There is the risk of carbon monoxide
poisoning or death by suffocation.
• Immediately stop working when you feel unwell (e.g.
headache, dizziness, nausea, etc.). Otherwise there is an
increased risk of accidents.
• Make sure that the cutting tool is free before starting the
engine.
• Before starting the engine, make sure that your hands and
feet are kept at a safe distance to the cutting tool.
• Caution! The cutting tool may after-run. Do not try to slow it
down by hand.
• Start cutting only when the cutting tool has reached the full
rotational speed.
• Do not overload the machine! You work better and safer in the
given performance range.
• Take breaks when working so that the engine can cool down.
• Do not place a hot machine in dry grass or onto inflammable
objects.
• Never touch the silencer and the engine while the machine is
running or shortly after it was stopped. Danger of burning!
• Never bring the cutting tool in contact with rigid objects
(stones, trunks).

General safety instructions

• Stop the machine and remove the spark plug connector
from the spark plug when
− the cutting tool comes in contact with stones, nails or other
foreign objects
− carrying out repair works
− maintenance and cleaning
− removal of faults
− transport and storage
− replacing the cutting tool
− Leaving the machine (also during temporary interruption)
• Maintain the machine carefully:
− Follow the maintenance instructions and the instructions
for tool exchange.
− Keep the handholds dry and free from resin, oil and
grease.
• Check the machine for possible damage:
− Before continuing to use the machine, the protective
devices must be inspected to ensure that they work
perfectly and with their intended function. Only operate the
machine with complete and correctly attached safety
equipment and do not alter anything on the machine that
could impair the safety.
− Check whether the movable parts function perfectly and do
not stick or whether the parts are damaged. All parts must
be correctly installed and fulfil all conditions to ensure
perfect operation.
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