area in which you are working.
Anyone who enters the working
area should be wearing personal
protective gear. Pieces of the
workpiece or broken tools may be
thrown up and cause injury even
outside the immediate working
area.
l Hold the tool by the insulated
handle surfaces only when car
rying out tasks during which is it
possible that the tools will come
across hidden power cables or
its own cable. Contact with a
power-carrying cable can also put
metal parts of the unit under
power and cause an electric
shock.
m Keep the main power cable
away from rotating tools. If you
loose control of the unit, the
power cable may be cut or caught
up and your hand or arm may be
pulled into the rotating tool.
n Never set the electrical tool
down before the tool insert has
come to a complete standstill.
The rotating tool insert may come
into contact with the resting sur-
face and cause you to loose con-
trol of the electrical tool.
o Never operate the electrical tool
while you are carrying it. Your
clothes may be accidentally
caught in the rotating tool insert
and the insert may injure you.
p Regularly clean the ventilation
slots of your electrical tool. The
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housing, and a large build up of
metal dust can lead to electrical
risks.
q Never use the electrical tool in
the vicinity of flammable materi
als. Sparks may set fire to these
materials.
r Never use tool inserts that re
quire liquid coolant. The use of
water or other liquid coolant may
cause an electrical shock.
III. Further safety notes for all ap
plications
Kickback and the appropriate
warning notes
Kickback is the sudden reaction that
follows on from a stuck or blocked
rotating tool insert, such as a sand-
ing disc, sanding plate, wire brush
etc. Sticking or blocking leads to an
abrupt stopping of the rotating tool
insert. This results in an uncontrolled
electrical tool accelerating against
the direction of rotation of the tool
insert at the point at which it is
blocking.
If, for example, a sanding disc be-
comes stuck or blocked in the work-
piece, it is possible for the edge of
the disc caught in the workpiece to
become stuck and the disc breaks
out or causes kickback. The disc
then either moves towards the oper-
ator or away from them, depending
on the direction of rotation of the
disc at the point of the blockage.
Sanding discs may also break during
this process.
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