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17. Safety instructions
These operating instructions provide places concern-ing your
safety which are marked with this indication: m
m CAUTION
When using the equipment, a few safety precautions must be
observed to avoid injuries and damage. Please read the comp-
lete operating instructions and safety regulations with due care.
Keep this manual in a safe place, so that the information is
available at all times. If you give the equipment to any other
person, hand over these operating instructions and safety re-
gulations as well. We cannot accept any liability for damage or
accidents which arise due to a failure to follow these instructi-
ons and the safety instructions.
The following must not use the machine:
Children, persons with impaired physical, sensory or mental
faculties or those lacking the appropriate experience, or per-
sons who are not familiar with the instructions, must never be
allowed to use the ma-chine.
Never allow children under the age of 16 to use the machine.
Local regulations may specify a minimum age for users.
The machine must only be operated by persons who are well
rested and in good physical and mental con-dition. If your
health is impaired, you should consult your doctor to determine
whether working with the machine is possible. The machine
should not be operated after the consumption of alcohol, drugs
or medications which impair reactions.
m Safety of personnel
Caution! Danger to health due to vibrations. Excessive ex-
posure to vibrations can result in dam-age to the cardiovascu-
lar or nervous system, particu-larly in persons with cardiovas-
cular problems. Please consult a physician if you experience
symptoms that may have been caused by vibrational loads.
Symptoms of this kind principally affect the fingers, hands or
wrists and include
• numbness,
• pain,
• muscular weakness,
• skin discolouration, • unpleasant tingling sen-
sation.
Hold the handlebar tightly, but not tensed, with both hands in
the designated locations during operation. Plan your working
times so that more severe physical strains over a longer period
are avoided.
Warning! This electric tool generates an electromag-netic field
during operation. This field can impair ac-tive or passive medi-
cal implants under certain condi-tions. In order to prevent the
risk of serious or deadly injuries, we recommend that persons
with medical implants consult with their physician and the
manu-facturer of the medical implant prior to operating the
electric tool.
Clothing and equipment
Always wear sturdy footwear with high-grip soles when working.
Never work barefoot or, for example, in sandals.
Always wear long trousers and tight-fitting clothing when ope-
rating the machine.
Never wear loose clothes which may become caught on moving
parts (control levers) – do not wear jewel-lery, ties or scarves.
Also always wear sturdy gloves and tie up and se-cure long hair
(headscarf, cap, etc.) when performing maintenance and clea-
ning work or when transporting the machine.
Wear suitable safety glasses when sharpening the mowing
blade.
Working with your machine
Never work in the vicinity of other persons, particular-ly chil-
dren, or animals. Ensure that the grass is never discharged in
the direction of other persons.
Do not operate the machine in the rain or during thun-der
storms, particularly when there is a risk of light-ning strike.
Exhaust gases:
Danger to life through poisoning!
In the case of nausea, headache, impaired vision (e.g. decrea-
sing eld of view) hearing disorder, dizzi-ness, decreasing power
of concentration, stop work-ing immediately. These symptoms
may be caused by excessively high exhaust gas concentrati-
ons.
The machine generates poisonous exhaust gases when the en-
gine is running. The gases contain poi-sonous carbon mo-
noxide, a colourless and odourless gas, as well as other pol-
lutants. The engine must nev-er be operated in closed or poorly
ventilated spaces.
The engine exhaust is released into the air in front of the left
rear wheel. When working with the machine, ensure that this
area is always kept clean and is never covered in order to pre-
vent the accumulation of ex-haust gasses.
m Workplace safety
Carefully inspect the complete area on which the ma-chine is to
be used and remove any stones, sticks, wires, bones and other
foreign objects which could be thrown up by the machine.
Obstacles (e.g. tree stumps, roots) can be easily
objects (obstacles) which are hidden in the lawn and cannot be
removed before commencing work with the machine. overloo-
ked in long grass. For this reason, mark all foreign
Beware of depressions (holes) in the terrain and oth-er invisible
points of danger. Obstacles can be easily overlooked in long
grass.
Use the machine with great care when working near slopes,
terraces, ditches and embankments. In par-ticular, ensure that
you maintain sufficient distance to such danger areas.
Particular care must be taken at points of poor visibil-ity,
bushes, trees and other obstacles, behind which persons, es-
pecially children, or animals may be hid-den.
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