Echo X52000020 instruction manual Important Safety Warnings

IMPORTANT SAFETY WARNINGS

DANGER!

Kickback hazard. Do not allow guide bar tip to contact objects. Allowing an unguarded guide bar tip to touch any object during cutting may cause the guide bar to suddenly kick up and back toward the operator, a forceful reaction called rotational kickback. Body contact with a moving saw chain will cause serious or fatal injury.

DANGER!

Prevent hazardous Rotational Kickback! Install the Echo Kick Guard® anti-kickback bar tip guard in cutting applications where bar tip contact with solid objects or surfaces cannot be avoided.

Rotational Kickback	DANGER!
	Follow Kick-back prevention instructions to reduce risk of kick-back injury when cutting
	without kick guard. Replace Kick Guard immediately when cutting application requiring
	Kick Guard removal has been completed.

WARNING!

Never operate a chain saw using a one-handed grip. Always use a secure, two-handed grip!

WARNING!

Always control saw firmly with 2 hands to prevent loss of control and kick back if saw begins skating.

WARNING!

Always use proper positioning! Keep your body out of cutting plane at all times!

WARNING!

Do not over-reach or cut above shoulder height! Gravity may cause the saw to drop toward your legs and feet when the cut is complete. To avoid injury, maintain control of the saw after finishing a cut.

WARNING!

Use firm, two-handed control grip with thumb encircling handle.

WARNING!

Always use reduced kickback saw chain! Ask your dealer to equip your saw only with certified low- or reduced kickback saw chain.

WARNING!

Carrying or transporting a chain saw with a moving chain is hazardous. Turn saw off, or allow the chain to stop, and engage the chain brake when carrying the saw.

WARNING!

Do not operate chain saw while on a ladder, unless you are a trained professional.

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