Instruction Manual

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English 6 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
– Wear a long-sleeve shirt or jacket.
– Avoid loose-fitting jackets, scarves, neckties, flared
or cuffed pants, jewelry and any other apparel that
could be caught on branches, brush or the moving
cutting attachment.
– Secure hair above shoulder level before starting
work.
￭ To reduce the risk of eye injury:
￭ Good footing is very important. To help maintain a secure
footing and reduce the risk of injury while working:
￭ To improve your grip and help protect your hands:
6.4 Hedge Trimmer
WARNING
￭ To reduce the risk of electric shock:
￭ The cutting blades have many sharp cutters. Making
contact with the cutters may result in serious laceration
injuries, even if the cutting blades are not moving. To
reduce the risk of such injuries:
– Keep hands, feet and other parts of your body away
from the cutting blades.
– Never hold the material to be cut.
– Never remove cut material without first releasing the
trigger switch and removing the battery.
– Wear heavy-duty work gloves when handling the
hedge trimmer or its cutting blades.
– Never touch the moving cutting blades with your
hand or any other part of your body.
– Cover the cutting blades with a blade scabbard
before transporting or storing the hedge trimmer to
reduce the risk of inadvertent contact.
￭ This battery-powered hedge trimmer is intended only for
light-duty garden and landscape maintenance around the
home. Use for other purposes may increase the risk of
personal injury and property damage.
– Do not attempt to cut any material other than
hedges, shrubs, bushes or similar soft vegetation.
Do not cut stems, branches or other vegetation
greater than 0.55 in. (14 mm) thick.
– Read and follow the operating instructions in this
manual for approved applications, @ 16.
￭ To reduce the risk of personal injury to the operator and
bystanders:
– Wear sturdy and snug-fitting clothing that
also allows complete freedom of
movement.
– Wear overalls or long pants made of
heavy material to help protect your legs.
Do not wear shorts.
– Always wear goggles or close-fitting
protective glasses with adequate side
protection that are impact-rated and
marked as complying with ANSI Z87 "+".
– Wear substantial footwear with non-slip
soles. Do not wear sandals, flip-flops,
open-toed or similar footwear.
– Always wear heavy-duty non-slip work
gloves made of leather or another wear-
resistant material when handling the
hedge trimmer or its cutting blades.
– Do not expose the hedge trimmer to rain,
water or excessive moisture.
– Store the hedge trimmer indoors.