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General Safety Rules
1. For your own safety, read instruction manual before operating the
tool, Know the tool. Read and understand the owner’s manual and labels
affixed to the tool.
2. Keep work area clean. Cluttered areas and benches invite accidents and
create fire hazards.
3. Wear proper apparel. Do not wear loose clothing, gloves, neckties,
bracelets, drawstring, necklaces, ornaments, rings, wristwatches, or jewelry
of any kind. They can get caught and pull you into moving parts.
4. Avoid dangerous environment. Keep alert to potential hazards in the
working environment. Do not use tool in situations such as damp or wet
locations or in the presence of highly combustible materials, dust, and
flammable liquids, fumes, vapors or gases.
5. Keep children and visitors away. All visitors should be kept a safe
distance from work area. Don’t let visitors contact tool or power cord.
Anyone visiting the work area should wear appropriate protective devices.
6. Wear safety goggles. Wear safety goggles (not glasses) at all times.
All eye protection must comply with the ANSI Z87.1 standard for eye
protection. Everyday eyeglasses only have impact resistant lenses, they are
NOT safety glasses.
7 Drugs, alcohol, or medication. Stay alert. Watch what you are doing.
Use common sense. Do not operate tool when you are tired, upset, ill, or
while under the influence of drugs, alcohol, or medication.
8. First aid. Have at least one person with first aid training and first aid kits
approved by American National Red Cross available at all times.
9. Fire extinguisher. Familiarize yourself in the use of a portable fire
extinguisher. Post the telephone number of the local fire department. Also
develop and know emergency procedures in case of fire.
10. Smoke Detector. To increase protection against fire install smoke
detectors. For proper selection and installation guidelines contact your local
fire department.
11. Use right tool. Don’t force tool or attachment to do a job it was not
designed for.
12. Don’t force tool. It will do the job better and safer at the rate for which it
was designed.
13. Secure work. Keep hands well away from moving parts, saw blades, and
other cutting tools. Use a push stick or push block to hold or guide the
work when working close to cutting tool. Use jigs, fixtures, miter gauge,
clamps or vises to hold work when practical.
14. Never leave tool running unattended. Turn power off. Don’t leave tool
until it comes to a complete stop.
15. Keep guards in place. Be sure that guards, hold-downs, and anti-
kickback devices are in working order, are positioned properly, and are in
proper adjustment and alignment.
16. Remove adjusting keys and wrenches. Form the habit of checking to
see that keys and adjusting wrenches are removed from the tool before
turning the tool on.
17. Cutting tool exposure. Adjust the tool for minimum exposure of cutting
tool necessary to perform the operation.
