Stiga BC 48 Li Manuel D'utilisation page 90

particularly on slopes or rough,
slippery and unstable ground.
• If the machine is sold or
lent to others, make sure
that the operator looks
over the user instructions
contained in this manual.
2.2 PREPARATION
Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
• Always wear slim-fitting
protective clothes with
slash-proof protection, anti-
vibration gloves, helmet,
protective goggles, half-
mask respirator, protective
earplugs, cut resistant safety
boots with non–slip soles.
• Use of hearing protections can
reduce the ability to hear any
warnings (shouting or alarms).
Be careful of what occurs
around you in the work area.
• Never wear scarves, shirts,
necklaces, bracelets, loose
flowing clothing, laces or ties
or any hanging or flapping
accessory that could catch in
the machine or in any objects
or materials in the work area.
• Tie your hair back if it is long.
Work area/Machine
•
Thoroughly inspect the entire work
area and remove anything that could be
thrown by the machine or damage the
cutting means/rotating units (stones,
branches, iron wire, bones, etc.)
2.3 DURING OPERATION
Work Area
• Do not use the machine
in environments at risk of
explosion, in the presence
of flammable liquids, gas
or powder. Power tools
• Work only in daylight or
• Keep persons, children and
• Check that there is
• Avoid working with wet grass,
• Where possible, avoid working
• Do not expose the machine
• Pay careful attention to uneven
• Be very careful near ravines,
• Always work across the face
.
• Look out for traffic when using
Behaviour
• When working, the machine
2
create sparks which may
ignite the dust or fumes.
with good artificial light in
good visibility conditions.
animals away from the working
area. Get another adult to keep
the children under supervision.
nobody within 15 metres
of the machine's range
of operation or within 30
metres for heavier cutting.
in the rain and when there
is a risk of a thunderstorm,
especially lightening.
on wet, slippery ground or in
any case on uneven or steep
ground that does not guarantee
stability for the operator.
to rain or wet environments.
Water entering a power
tool will increase the risk
of electric shock.
ground (hills, dips), slopes,
hidden hazards and obstacles
that could limit visibility.
ditches or embankments.
of the slope and never up and
down it, being very careful
when changing direction,
making sure the cutting means
is always downstream.
the machine near the road.
must always be firmly held
in both hands, keeping the
power unit on the right of the
body and the cutting group