Clothing And Equipment; Work Area And Surroundings; Safe Condition - Stihl MH 700 Manual De Instrucciones

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profession in accordance with national
regulations.
– The user has received instruction from a
STIHL specialist dealer or a competent
person before using the tiller for the first
time.
– The user is not impaired by alcohol,
medicines or drugs.
► If anything is unclear: consult a STIHL spe‐
cialist dealer.
4.4

Clothing and Equipment

WARNING
■ Long hair may be pulled into the tiller when
working. This may result in serious injury to
the user.
► Tie back long hair to ensure that it cannot
be pulled into the tiller.
■ Objects may be thrown up at high velocity
while working. This may result in injury to the
user.
► Wear close-fitting safety glasses. Suitable
safety glasses are tested in accordance
with EN 166 or national regulations and
available commercially with the correspond‐
ing marking.
► Wear long trousers made from resistant
material.
■ Noise is produced while working. Noise may
damage the hearing.
► Wear hearing protection.
■ Dust may be stirred up while working. Breath‐
ing in dust may be harmful to health and
cause allergic reactions.
► If dust is stirred up: wear a dust mask.
■ Unsuitable clothing may get caught in wood,
brambles and in the tiller. This may result in
serious injury to the user.
► Wear close-fitting clothing.
► Remove scarves and jewellery.
■ The user may come into contact with the hoes
while working. This may result in serious injury
to the user.
► Wear protective boots with steel caps.
► Wear long trousers made from resistant
material.
■ The user may come into contact with the hoes
during cleaning or maintenance. This may
result in injury to the user.
► Wear work gloves made from resistant
material.
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■ Wearing unsuitable footwear may cause the
user to slip. This may result in injury to the
user.
► Wear sturdy, closed-toed footwear with
high-grip soles.
4.5

Work Area and Surroundings

WARNING
■ Bystanding people, children and animals can‐
not recognise or evaluate the dangers posed
by the tiller and high-velocity objects. This may
result in serious injury to bystanding people,
children and animals and damage to property.
► Keep bystanding people, children
and animals out of the work area.
► Maintain a distance from objects.
► Do not leave the tiller unattended.
► Make sure that children cannot play with
the tiller.
■ Hot exhaust gases are emitted from the muf‐
fler when the engine is running. Hot exhaust
gases may ignite easily inflammable materials
and cause fires.
► Keep the exhaust gas flow away from easily
inflammable materials.
4.6

Safe Condition

4.6.1 Tiller
The tiller is in safe condition when the following
conditions are met:
– The tiller is not damaged.
– The hoes or running wheels are installed in
pairs.
– There is no petrol leaking from the tiller.
– The fuel tank cap is closed.
– There is no engine oil leaking from the tiller.
– The engine oil cap is closed.
– The oil bath air filter is sealed.
– There is no gearbox oil leaking from the gear‐
box housing.
– The gearbox oil cap is closed.
– The screw plug is closed.
– The tiller is clean.
– The controls are working and have not been
modified.
– The hoes or running wheels are correctly
attached.
– Genuine STIHL accessories for this tiller are
attached.
– The accessories are correctly attached.
4 Safety Precautions
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