Outfeed Zone Hazard
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Rotational force of blade can pull hands and fingers back into blade. Touching, holding, or pulling on out- feed side of workpiece while blade is still spinning will result in fingers, hand or arm being cut off.
To reduce risk of outfeed hazard:
,/Set pawls and spreader; they act as par- tial barrier to outfeed side.
,/Start and finish cut from infeed side.
¢Keep both hands on infeed side.
¢Keep hands away from outfeed side.
,/Push workpiece through to complete cut. Do not reach around to pull it.
,/If blade jams, turn saw off, remove yel- low key, then free blade.
Kickback
Kickback is the uncontrolled propelling of
the workpiece back toward the user.
,_ WARNING
Kickback can happen when blade is
pinched or bound by workpiece.
Pinching or binding can happen when:
•pawls and spreader are not used or not set correctly
•spreader is not aligned with blade
•blade is not parallel to fence
•workpiece is twisted or warped and rocks on table top
•pressure is put on outfeed side of workpiece
•workpiece is released before being pushed past pawls and spreader
•user touches or tries to pull workpiece through outfeed side before blade has stopped spinning.
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