Simplicity Moving Parts, Engine Safety, Thrown Objects, Children

DANGER

Tragic accidents can occur if the operator is not alert to the presence of children. Children are often attracted to the unit and the operating activity. Never assume that children will remain where you last saw them.

• Keep children out of the area during operation. Children are often attracted to the equipment. Be mindful of all persons present.

• Be alert and turn unit off if children enter the area.

• Never allow children to operate the unit.

• Use extra care when approaching blind corners, shrubs, trees, or other objects that may obscure vision. Children may be present.

OPERATOR SAFETY

Moving Parts Children

DANGER

Keep hands, feet, and clothing away from rotating parts. Rotating parts can contact or entangle hands, feet, hair, clothing, or accessories.

Failure to observe these safety instructions will result in traumatic amputation or severe laceration.

• Whenever cleaning, repairing, or inspecting the snowthrower, make sure the engine is OFF, spark plug wire is disconnected, and all moving parts have stopped.

•Do not put hands or feet near or under rotating parts. Keep clear of the discharge opening at all times.

•Never operate the snowthrower without proper guards, and other safety devices in place and working.

• Never leave the snowthrower unattended while engine is running.				Engine Safety
Always disengage the auger and traction controls, stop engine,
and remove keys.							DANGER
• Keep all loose clothing away from the front of the snowthrower
and auger. Scarves, mittens, dangling drawstrings, loose clothes,							Safe peration of the snowthrower requires the
and pants can quickly become caught in the rotating device and
							pr per care a d maintenance of the engine.
amputation will occur. Tie up long hair and remove jewelry.
							Fa lure to bserve the safety instructions in this
• Run the machine a few minutes after discharging snow to prevent
							manual will result in death or serious injury.
freeze-up of the collector/impeller.			for
• Disengage power to the collector/impeller when snow hrower is
transported or not in use.					• Disengage all ontrols and shift into neutral before starting the
						engine.
		Not
						• Let the engine adjust to outdoor temperatures before starting to
						clear snow.
Thrown Objects						• Use a grounded three-wire plug-in for all snowthrowers equipped
						with electric drive motors or electric starting motors.
	DANGER
	Objects can be picked up by auger and thrown						DANGER
	from chute. Never discharge snow toward
	bystanders or allow anyone in front of the						Engines give off carbon monoxide, an odorless,
	snowthrower. Failure to observe th se saf ty						colorless, poison gas.
	instructions will result in death or serious						Breathing carbon monoxide can cause nausea,
	injury.
							fainting, or death.
• Always wear safety glasses or eye shields during operation, and
while performing an adjustment or repair.		Reproduction
						• Start and run engine outdoors.
• Always be aware of the direction the snow is being thrown.						• Do not run the engine in an enclosed area, even if doors or
Nearby pedestrians, pets, or property may be harmed by objects						windows are open.
being thrown.

•Be aware of your environment while operating the snowthrower. Don’t run over items such as gravel, doormats, newspapers, toys, and rocks hidden under snow, as they can all be thrown from the chute or jam in the auger.

•Use extreme caution when operating on or crossing gravel drives, walks, or roads.

•Adjust the collector housing height to clear gravel or crushed rock surface.

•Never operate the snowthrower near glass enclosures, automobiles, window wells, drop-offs, and the like without proper adjustment of the discharge chute angle.

•Familiarize yourself with the area in which you plan to operate the snow thrower. Mark off boundaries of walkways and driveways.

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