Handling The Product; Precautions For Use - Echo MTA-LE/E Bedienungsanleitung

For safe use of your product

Handling the product

General precautions
Operator's manual
 Be careful to read the operator's manual properly before using your product in order to ensure correct
operation.
 Failure to do so could lead to an accident or serious injury.
Do not use the product for anything other than its intended purpose
 You must not use the product for any purpose other than those described in the operator's manual.
 To do so could lead to an accident or serious injury.
Do not modify the product
 You must not modify the product.
 To do so could lead to an accident or serious injury. Any malfunction resulting from a modification to the product will not be
covered by the manufacturer's warranty.
Do not use the product unless it has been checked and maintained
 You must not use the product unless it has been checked and maintained. Always ensure that the product is checked
and maintained on a regular basis.
 Failure to do so could lead to an accident or serious injury.
Loaning or assigning your product
 When loaning your product to another party, ensure that the person borrowing the product receives the operator's
manual along with it.
 If you assign your product to another party, please enclose the operator's manual with the product when handing it
over.
 Failure to do so could lead to an accident or serious injury.
Being prepared in case of an injury
In the unlikely event of an accident or injury, please ensure that you are pre-
pared.
 First aid kit
 Towels and wipes (to stop any bleeding)
 Whistle or mobile phone (for calling outside help)
 If you are unable to perform first aid or call for outside help, the injury could
worsen.

Precautions for use

The area within a 15 m radius is a danger zone
The area within a 15 m radius of the product is a danger zone. Be careful to
observe the following precautions while working with the product.
 Do not allow children and other people or pets to enter the danger zone.
 If another person enters the danger zone, turn off the engine to stop the
blade
 When approaching the operator, signal to him by, for example, throwing
twigs from outside the danger zone, and then check that engine has been
switched off and the blade has stopped moving.
 Do not allow anyone to hold the material you are cutting.
 Any contact with the cutter blade could cause serious injury.
Avoid hot surfaces
During operation, the complete unit, especially the drive shaft housing, power head, muffler area and gear
box may become very hot, too hot to touch. Avoid contact during and immediately after operation.
 You could burn yourself if you touch a high temperature component.
WARNING
WARNING
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