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GENERAL SAFETY RULES (FOR ALL TOOLS)
The purpose of safety symbols is to immediately attract your attention to the possibil- ity of danger. The following safety symbols and the explanations of them deserve your careful attention and complete understanding. These safety warnings do not eliminate any dangers on their own, and the instructions and warnings they give should not be taken as substitutes for proper accident prevention measures.
SYMBOL MEANING
SAFETY ALERT SYMBOL Indicates caution or warning. May be used in conjunction with other symbols or pictures/graphs.
Failure to heed a WARNING safety WARNING
can result in seri- ous injury to yourself or to oth- ers. Always follow the safety precau- tions to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock and personal injury.
Failure to heed a CAUTION safety CAUTION
can result in property damage or personal injury to yourself or to others. Always fol- low the safety pre- cautions to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock and personal injury.
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WARNING: Do not attempt to operate this tool until you have thoroughly read and fully understand all the Safety Rules, Rules For Safe Operation, and Instructions and Information specific to the safe operation of this tool. Failure to do so can result in accidents involving serious personal injury, fire or electric shock. Save this manual and review it frequently for safe operation and for instructing others on the proper use of this tool.
WARNING: Do not attempt to operate tool if any parts are missing. Failure to do so could result in possible serious personal injury. Do not use tool if trigger switch does not turn it on or off.
WARNING: Do not allow familiarity with the tool to make you careless in its operation. Remember that it only takes a careless fraction of a second to inflict severe injury.
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