General Safety Warnings; Personal Safety; Work Area Safety - Echo ECLM-58V Originalanleitung

GENERAL SAFETY WARNINGS

WARNING!
When using the product, the safety rules must
be followed. For your own safety and that of
bystanders, please read these instructions before
operating the product. Please keep the instructions
safe for later use.
WARNING!
The product should only be operated with the
battery pack. When using battery operated product,
basic safety precautions should always be followed
to reduce the risk of fi re, leaking batteries and
personal injury.

PERSONAL SAFETY

■ The product is capable of amputating hands and
feet, and throwing objects. Failure to observe all
safety instructions could result in serious injury or
death.
■ Read and understand the instructions and safety
warnings. Be familiar with the controls and the correct
use of the product.
■ Never allow children or people with reduced
physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or people
unfamiliar with these instructions, to operate, clean
or maintain the product. Local regulations may restrict
the age of the operator. Children should be adequately
supervised to ensure they do not play with the product.
■ Stay alert, watch what you are doing, and use
common sense when operating the product. Do not
operate the product while tired or under the influence of
drugs, alcohol, or medication. A lapse in concentration
while operating the product may result in serious
personal injury.
■ Wear heavy, long trousers, long sleeves, and
sturdy anti-slip footwear. Do not wear short trousers,
sandals, or go barefoot. Avoid wearing clothing that is
loose fitting or that has hanging cords or ties.
■ Always wear safety glasses with side shields.
■ Always be sure of your footing. Keep firm footing and
balance. Walk, never run.
■ Always be sure of your footing on slopes.
■ Use the product across the face of slopes, never up
and down. Exercise extreme caution when changing
direction on slopes.
■ Do not use the product near drop-offs, ditches,
excessively steep slopes, or embankments. Poor
footing could cause a slip-and-fall accident.
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WORK AREA SAFETY

■ Never use product while people, especially
children, or pets are within 15 m because of the
danger of objects being thrown by contact with the
blade.
■ Objects struck by the lawn mower blade can cause
severe injuries to persons. Thoroughly inspect the
area where the product is to be used and remove all
rocks, sticks, metal, wire, bones, toys, or other foreign
objects. Remember, string or wire may entangle with
the cutting means.
■ Always use the product in the daylight or in good
artificial light.
■ Do
not operate the
atmospheres, such as in the presence of flammable
liquids, gases, or dust. The product creates sparks
which may ignite the dust or fumes.
■ Do not operate the product in wet grass or in the
rain.
■ Do not use the product when there is a risk of
lightning.
■ Keep in mind that the operator or user is responsible
for accidents or hazards occurring to other people
or their property.
■ Tragic accidents can occur if the operator is not
alert to the presence of children. Children are often
attracted to the product and the mowing activity. Never
assume that children will remain where you last saw
them.
■ Keep children out of the mowing area and under the
watchful care of a responsible adult other than the
operator, be alert and turn the product off if a child
enters the area.
■ Use extra care when approaching blind corners,
shrubs, trees, or
overhanging shrubs, etc. which may block your
view.
BATTERY TOOL USE AND CARE
■ Read, understand and always follow the safety
instructions which came with your battery and
charger. Failure to do so may result in electric
shock, fire or other hazardous situations. Keep all the
instructions together in a safe place for future reference.
■ Battery-operated products do not have to be
plugged into an electrical outlet; therefore, they are
always in operating condition. Remove the start key
whenever you are not operating the product.
■ Remove the battery pack before making any
adjustments, cleaning, or removing material from
the product.
■ Ensure the start key is removed before inserting
battery pack.
■ A battery pack must be recharged only with the
charger specified by the manufacturer. Using a
product in explosive
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