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6
PRELIMINARY PROCEDURES
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
– Always wear suitable work attire, hard-wearing safety footwear with non-slip soles and long trousers. Do not
operate the machine barefoot or wearing open sandals. Wear hearing protection devices.
– Use of hearing protections can reduce the ability to hear any warnings (shouting or alarms). Be careful of
what occurs around you in the work area.
– Wear protective gloves whenever your hands are at risk.
– Never wear scarves, shirts, necklaces, bracelets, loose owing clothing, laces, ties, any hanging or apping
accessory that could catch in the machine or in any objects or materials in the work area.
– Tie your hair back if it is long.
Work area/Machine
– Thoroughly inspect the entire work area and remove anything that could be thrown by the machine or
damage the cutting blade (stones, branches, iron wire, bones, etc.).
Internal combustion engine: fuel
DANGER! The fuel is highly ammable.
– Keep the fuel in approved containers, in a safe place, away from any naked lights or heat sources.
– Keep the containers free of residues of grass, leaves or excessive grease.
– Keep the containers out of the reach of children.
– Do not smoke when lling up with fuel or when handling the fuel.
– Use a funnel to top up with fuel only in the open air.
– Do not inhale fuel fumes.
– Never remove the tank cap or add fuel while the engine is running or when the engine is hot.
– Open the fuel tank slowly to allow the pressure inside to decrease gradually.
– Do not approach the tank opening with a naked ame to check its contents.
– In case of fuel leakages, do not attempt to start the engine but move the machine away from the area
of spillage and avoid creating any source of ignition until the fuel has evaporated and fuel vapours have
dissipated.
– Immediately clean up all traces of fuel spilt on the machine or on the ground.
– Replace caps of all fuel tanks and containers securely.
– Never start the machine in the same place in which you relled it with fuel; the engine must be started in an
area at least 3 metres from where you refuelled.
– Avoid getting any fuel or your clothing and, if this should happen, change your clothes before starting the
engine.
DURING OPERATION
Work Area
– Do not operate the engine in conned spaces where dangerous carbon monoxide fumes can collect. The
start-up operations must be carried out outdoors or in a well-ventilated area. Always remember that the
exhaust gases are toxic.
– When starting up the machine, do not direct the silencer and therefore the exhaust fumes towards
ammable materials.
– Do not use the machine in environments at risk of explosion, in the presence of ammable liquids, gas or
powder. Power tools create sparks which may ignite the dust or fumes.
– Work only in daylight or with good articial light in good visibility conditions.
– Keep persons, children and animals away from the working area. Children must be supervised by another
adult.
– Avoid working with wet grass, in the rain and when there is a risk of a thunderstorm, especially lightning.
– Pay careful attention to uneven ground (hills, dips), slopes, hidden hazards and obstacles that could limit
visibility.
– Be very careful near ravines, ditches or embankments. The machine could overturn if a wheel slides over
the edge or if the earth gives way.
– Always mow across a slope and never up and down it, being very careful when changing direction, making
sure you have rm footage and that the wheels do not hit any obstacles (such as stones, branches, roots,
etc.) that may cause the machine to slide sideways or make you lose control of it.
– Look out for trac when using the machine near the road.
– To avoid the risk of re, do not leave the machine with the engine hot on leaves or dry grass or other
ammable material.
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