Swisher LS728C, LS10528C manual Safetyprecautions, alerttothepossibilityofpersonalinjury

SAFETY￿PRECAUTIONS￿

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This￿Safety￿Alert￿Symbol￿indicates￿important￿messages￿in￿this￿manual.￿￿

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When￿you￿see￿this￿symbol,￿carefully￿read￿the￿message￿that￿follows￿and￿be￿

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alert￿to￿the￿possibility￿of￿personal￿injury.￿

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Read￿this￿manual￿completely.￿￿This￿machine￿can￿amputate￿hands,￿feet,￿and￿throw￿objects.￿￿

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Failure￿to￿observe￿the￿following￿safety￿instructions￿could￿result￿in￿serious￿injury￿or￿death.￿

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WARNING:￿The￿engine￿exhaust￿from￿this￿product￿contains￿chemicals￿known￿to￿the￿state￿of￿ California￿to￿cause￿cancer,￿birth￿defects￿or￿other￿reproductive￿harm.￿

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DANGER:￿Your￿log￿splitter￿was￿built￿to￿be￿operated￿according￿to￿the￿rules￿for￿safe￿operation￿in￿ this￿manual.￿￿As￿with￿any￿type￿of￿power￿equipment,￿carelessness￿or￿error￿on￿the￿part￿of￿the￿ operator￿can￿result￿in￿serious￿injury.￿￿If￿you￿violate￿any￿of￿these￿rules,￿you￿may￿cause￿serious￿ injury￿to￿yourself￿or￿others.￿

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•Read￿the￿manual.￿￿Learn￿to￿operate￿this￿equipment￿in￿a￿safe￿manner.￿

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•Do￿not￿under￿any￿circumstances￿alter￿this￿log￿splitter.￿￿This￿equipment￿was￿designed￿and￿ engineered￿in￿accordance￿with￿operating￿instructions.￿￿Altering￿this￿equipment,￿or￿using￿ this￿equipment￿in￿such￿a￿way￿as￿to￿circumvent￿its￿design￿capabilities￿and￿capacities,￿could￿ result￿in￿serious￿injury￿or￿fatality￿and￿WILL￿VOID￿THE￿WARRANTY.￿

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•Allow￿only￿responsible￿adults￿who￿have￿read￿this￿manual￿to￿operate￿this￿machine.￿￿Never￿ allow￿children￿to￿operate￿this￿machine.￿

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•Never￿use￿splitter￿for￿any￿other￿purpose￿than￿splitting￿wood.￿￿Any￿other￿use￿can￿result￿in￿ injury.￿￿Your￿splitter￿is￿a￿precision￿piece￿of￿power￿equipment,￿not￿a￿toy.￿￿Therefore,￿ exercise￿extreme￿caution￿at￿all￿times.￿

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•Only￿a￿single￿operator￿is￿to￿load￿and￿operate￿the￿log￿splitter.￿￿Keep￿all￿others,￿including￿ pets￿and￿children,￿a￿minimum￿of￿20￿feet￿away￿from￿your￿work￿area.￿￿More￿accidents￿ occur￿when￿more￿than￿one￿person￿operates￿the￿log￿splitter￿than￿any￿other￿time.￿

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•Always￿disconnect￿the￿spark￿plug￿wire￿and￿place￿the￿wire￿where￿it￿cannot￿contact￿the￿ spark￿plug,￿to￿prevent￿accidental￿starting￿the￿engine￿when￿setting￿up,￿transporting,￿ adjusting￿or￿repairing.￿

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•Always￿wear￿protective￿gear￿such￿as￿safety￿goggles,￿protective￿hearing￿device,￿steel-toed￿ shoes,￿and￿tight-fitting￿gloves￿without￿drawstrings￿or￿loose￿cuffs.￿

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•Never￿wear￿loose￿clothing￿or￿jewelry￿that￿can￿be￿caught￿by￿moving￿parts￿of￿the￿splitter￿

and￿pull￿you￿into￿it.￿￿Keep￿hair￿away￿from￿moving￿parts.￿

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•Familiarize￿yourself￿with￿all￿of￿the￿controls￿in￿a￿safe￿environment￿before￿starting￿to￿work￿ with￿this￿machine.￿

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