Safety Instructions - Hilti BX 3-L Original Bedienungsanleitung

▶ When fastening electrical cables, make sure the cables are not energized. Hold the fastening tool
only by insulated gripping surfaces. Use only fasteners designed for electrical cable installations.
Check that the fastener has not damaged the insulation of the electrical cable. A nail that damages
the insulation of electric cables can lead to electric shock and fire hazards.
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Safety instructions

Basic information concerning safety
WARNING! Read all safety precautions and other instructions.
precautions and other instructions may result in electric shock, fire and/or serious injury.
Keep all safety precautions and instructions for future reference.
Requirements to be met by users
▶ Only authorized, appropriately trained persons may operate or service this tool.
Personal protective equipment
▶ You and any other persons in the vicinity must wear suitable eye protection and a hard hat while the tool
is in use.
▶ Wear ear protectors.
◁ Exposure to noise can cause hearing loss.
Personal safety
▶ Observe the information printed in the operating instructions concerning operation, care and maintenance.
▶ Stay alert, watch what you are doing and use common sense when operating a direct fastening tool.
Don't use the tool when you are tired or under the influence of drugs, alcohol or medication. Take a
break if you experience pain or feel unwell. A moment of inattention while operating tools may result in
serious personal injury.
▶ Avoid working in awkward body positions. Make sure you work from a safe stance and stay in balance
at all times.
▶ Wear non-skid shoes.
▶ Never pull the fastener guide or fastener back with your hand.
◁ Under certain circumstances, the tool could be made ready to fire by pulling the fastener guide or
the fastener back by hand. When the tool is ready to fire, fasteners or the piston could be driven
inadvertently into parts of the body.
▶ Keep the arms slightly bent while operating the tool (do not straighten the arms).
▶ Keep other people away from the working area, especially children.
Use and care of direct fastening tools
WARNING! Danger of fasteners penetrating right through. Before driving fasteners, check to make
sure that no one is present behind or below the object into which the fastener is to be driven.
▶ Before beginning the work, carry out a test by driving 2 fasteners into the material you are working on.
▶ Use the right tool for the work you are carrying out. Do not use the tool for purposes for which it was not
intended. Use it only as directed and when in faultless condition.
▶ Never leave a loaded tool unattended.
▶ Transport and store the tool in a secured toolbox.
▶ Always unload the tool (remove fasteners) before cleaning, maintenance, changing the fastener guide,
before work breaks and before storing the tool.
▶ When not in use, the tool should be unloaded and stored in a locked, dry place where it is inaccessible
to children.
▶ Check the tool and the accessories for any damage. Check that moving parts function faultlessly, without
sticking, and that no parts are damaged.
◁ All parts must be fitted correctly and fulfill all conditions necessary for correct operation of the tool.
Damaged parts must be properly repaired or replaced by Hilti Service unless otherwise stated in the
operating instructions.
▶ Before driving fasteners, check that there is no electrical wiring behind the surface on which you are
working.
▶ Do not attempt to drive fasteners into unsuitable materials.
◁ Unsuitable materials include welded steel and cast steel, cast iron, glass, marble, plastic, bronze,
brass, copper, insulating material, hollow brick, ceramic brick, thin sheet metal (< 4 mm) and cellular
concrete. Driving a fastener into these materials may cause the fastener to break, shatter or to be
driven right through.
▶ Pull the trigger only when the tool is fully pressed against the working surface at right angles.
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Printed: 19.07.2018 | Doc-Nr: PUB / 5376263 / 000 / 01
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