Safety Instructions - Texas A/S TSE 2040 Benutzerhandbuch

2. Safety instructions

• Read the user manual thoroughly to ensure that you completely understand the safety
instructions and operating functions and can follow them fully.
• Children must not be allowed to use the chainsaw.
• You must not use the chainsaw if you feel unwell, are tired or have consumed alcohol or
medicine.
• Always use safety shoes, safety pants with cut-retardant material, safety goggles,
hearing protectors and a safety helmet.
• Ensure that anyone present in the vicinity is at least 10 m away from the site where you
are beginning to work in/are working in with the chainsaw.
• Never start to use the chainsaw until the following is ensured:
o The working area has been tidied up.
o You have secure footing.
o You have assessed in which direction the tree will fall.
• Hold the chainsaw handles with both hands.
• Keep the chainsaw away from the body.
• Before starting the chainsaw, ensure that the chain is not in contact with anything.
• Always stop the engine before putting a chainsaw down. When carrying the chainsaw,
ensure that the guide bar and chain are pointing behind you.
• Check the chainsaw for wear, loose fitting or broken parts. Ensure that bolts and nuts
are tightened. The machine should only be used when it is in the correct and safe
condition.
• Exercise extra caution when sawing bushes and small trees. Small branches can
become snagged in the chain and wind towards you or cause you to lose balance.
• Ensure that the handles are clean and that there are no oil remnants.
• Only work with the chainsaw outdoors.
• All repairs that are described in this user manual may only be carried out by specially
trained personnel at an authorised service centre. Using incorrect tools can destroy your
chainsaw.
• The chain brake is fitted with anti-kickback, which protects against rapid upward
movement of the guide bar. This can occur when the guide bar point encounters foreign
bodies. It is therefore important that you know that the chain brake is functioning
correctly.
• Hold the chainsaw securely using both hands, and keep it close to you, so that you are
in control at all times.
• Let the bumper spike lie against the tree, while you saw.
• Avoid sawing using the guide bar tip and ensure that the guide bar tip will not hit
anything while you saw.
• Never saw with the chainsaw above shoulder height.
• Follow the instructions for filing and maintenance in this user manual.
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