
Safety warning for works such as grinding, surfacing, wire brushing,
polishing or abrasive cutting
It is prohibited to use damaged accessories. The accessories have to be checked prior
to each use: splitting and cracks of grinding disks, cracks of support blocks, tearing of
excessive wear, loose or broken wires on wire brushes. If the accessories or tools were
dropped, check it for damage or install undamaged accessories. After checking and
installation of the accessories the operator and bystanders have to stand outside the
plane of the rotating accessories and the tool has to be left running idle at the highest
speed for one minute. During this trial period damaged accessory usually breaks or
falls apart.
Personal protective equipment has to be used. According to condition a face shield or
safety goggles have to be used. Use dust mask, hearing protection, gloves and work
apron, capable of arresting small fragments of the abrasive material or work piece, as
appropriate. Eye protection has to be capable of arresting flying fragments, generated
during various work activities. Dust mask or respirator has to be able of filtering particles,
generated during a particular activity. Long-term exposure to high-intensity noise can
cause loss of hearing.
Bystanders have to keep a safe distance from the working area. Everyone entering the
working area has to use personal protective equipment. Fragment of the work piece or
damaged accessories may fly away and cause injury even outside the immediate
working area.
During work, during which the tool can touch a hidden wiring or its own power supply, the
electromechanical tool has to be held by the insulated holding surfaces. Contact of the
tool with a "live" wire can cause the metallic parts of the electromechanical tool to become
"live" and may cause an injury by electric current.
Mobile power supply has to be placed outside the reach of the rotating tool. In case the
operator looses control, the mobile power supply can be cut or ground through, and a
hand or arm of the operator may be dragged to the rotating tool.
Electromechanical tool may not be put down before the tool stops completely. Rotating
tool may get caught on a surface and may pull the tool out of the operator's control.
Electromechanical tool may not be started while the tool is carried by the operator. Rotating
tool may, in case of a accidental contact, catch clothing and be pulled to the body.
Ventilation holes of the tool have to the cleaned regularly. The motor ventilator brags dust
into the casing and excessive accumulation of metallic dust can cause an electric hazard.
Work with electromechanical tool in the vicinity of flammable materials is prohibited.
Ignition of the materials by sparks may occur.
Use of accessories requiring cooling by liquid is prohibited. Use of water or other coolants
may cause injury or death by electric current.
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONSELECTRICAL ANGLE GRINDER