HART HLCS01 - Understanding Safety Devices

7 – English
CHAIN SAW SAFETY WARNINGS
Donot overreach. Keepproper footingand
balance at all times.
Donot cut abovechest height oroverreach
when cutting. Do not let the nose of the guide
bar contact a log, branch, ground, or any other
obstructionwhileyouareoperatingtheunit.
Followthe sharpeningand maintenancein-
structions for the saw chain.
Push and Pull - This reaction force is always
oppositetothedirectionthechainismoving
wherewoodcontactismade.Thus,theoper-
ator must be ready to control the PULL when
cutting on the bottom edge of the bar, and
PUSHwhencuttingalong thetopedge.See
Figure 3.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHAIN SAW SAFETY
DEVICES
LOW KICKBACK SAW CHAIN
Therakers(depthgauges)aheadofeachcutter
canminimizetheforceofakickbackreactionby
preventingthecuttersfromdiggingintoodeeply
atthekickbackzone.Onlyusereplacementchain
thatis equivalenttooriginal chainor hasbeen
certifiedaslowkickbackchainperANSIB175.1.
Low kickback saw chain is chain that has met
thekickbackperformancerequirementsofANSI
B175.1- 2012 (AmericanNational Standard
for Power Tools - Gasoline-Powered Chain
Saws-SafetyRequirements)whentestedonthe
representativesampleofchainsawsbelow3.8
c.i.d.specifiedinANSIB175.1-2012.
Assawchainsaresharpenedduringtheiruseful
life,theylosesomeofthelowkickbackqualities
andextracautionshouldbeused.
GUIDE BARS
Generally,guidebarswithsmallradiustipshave
somewhatlowerkickbackpotentials.
Whenmaking a replacement,be sureto order
one of the HART bars listed for the saw in this
operator’smanual.
Save these instructions. Refer to them fre-
quentlyandusethemtoinstructotherswho
mayusethisproduct.Ifyouloansomeonethis
product,loanthemtheseinstructionsalso.
ROTATIONAL
KICKBACK
KICKBACK
DANGER ZONE
PULL
PUSH
FIG. 1
FIG. 2
FIG. 3