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6
SAFETY RULES
WARNING
(PROPOSITION 65)
Some dust created by power sanding, sawing, grinding, drilling, and other construction activities
contains chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. Some
examples of these chemicals are:
• Lead from lead-based paints
• Crystalline silica from bricks and cement and other masonry products, and
• Arsenic and chromium from chemically treated lumber.
Your risk of exposure to these chemicals varies depending on how often you do this type of
work. To reduce your exposure to these chemicals, work in a well-ventilated area, and work with
approved safety equipment, such as dust masks that are specially designed to lter out microscopic
particles.
CHILD SAFETY
Tragic accidents can occur if the operator is not aware of the presence of children.
• Keep children out of the working area and under the watchful care of a responsible adult.
• Do not allow children under the age of 14 to operate this polesaw. Children who are 14
years of age and older must read and understand the operating instructions and safety
rules in this manual and must be trained and supervised by a parent.
• Stay alert, and turn the polesaw off if a child or any other person enters the working area.
• Use extreme care when approaching blind corners, doorways, shrubs, trees, or other
objects that may obscure your view of a child who may run into the path of the polesaw.
Kickback may occur when the moving chain contacts an object at the upper portion of the tip of the
guide bar or when the wood closes in and pinches the saw chain in the cut. Contact at the upper
portion of the tip of the guide bar can cause the chain to dig into the object and stop the chain for an
instant. The result is a lightning fast reverse reaction which kicks the guide bar up and back toward
the operator. If the saw chain is pinched along the top of the guide bar, the guide bar can be driven
rapidly back toward the operator. Either of these reactions can cause loss of saw control which can
result in serious injury. Do not rely exclusively upon the safety devices built into the saw. As
a polesaw user, you should take several steps to keep your cutting jobs free from accident or injury.
CAUSES AND OPERATOR PREVENTION OF KICKBACK
•
Maintainarmgrip,withthumbsandngersencirclingthepolesawhandles,withboth
hands on the saw and position your body and arm to allow you to resist kickback forces
.
Kickback forces can be controlled by the operator, if proper precautions are taken. Do not let go
of the polesaw.
•
Onlyusereplacementbarsandchainsspeciedbythemanufacturer.
Incorrect replacement
bars and chains may cause chain breakage and/or kickback.
•
Follow the manufacturer’s sharpening and maintenance instructions for the saw chain.
Decreasing the depth gauge height can lead to increased kickback.
• Push and Pull — This reaction force is always opposite to the direction the chain is moving where
contact is made with the wood. Thus, the operator must be ready to control the PULL when cutting
on the bottom edge of the bar, and the PUSH when cutting along the top edge.
KICKBACK
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