Use only the fasteners meeting the criteria
listed in the "Specification" section of this
manual. Fasteners not identified for use with
this tool can cause the tool to malfunction
and result in the risk of injury and/or tool
damage.
Keep hands and feet at least 8 inches
(200mm) away from the nosepiece of the
tool during use. Fasteners may deflect and
cause property damage or personal injury.
Do not drive a fastener on top of another
fas tener. This could cause the fastener to be
de flected or the tool to react in an unexpect-
ed manner causing injury.
Do not engage in horseplay. The discharged
fasteners are projectiles capable of causing
serious injury.
Never actuate the stapler unless it is per-
pendicular to the workpiece surface and
the workpiece surface is free of debris.
The fastener may be deflected if the stapler
is not in proper contact with the workpiece
resulting in property damage or personal in-
jury.
Do not drive fasteners into unsuitable ma-
terials. Materials that are too hard can cause
the fastener to deflect. Brittle materials can
crumble and allow the fastener to break
through. Materials that are too soft can al-
low the fastener to break through. These
conditions can result in property damage or
serious personal injury.
Do not pull the trigger or depress the nose-
piece when loading the stapler. Pulling the
trigger or depressing the nosepiece may
cause misfiring of the tool resulting in per-
sonal injury and property damage.
Do not use the utility hook or its mounting
location for tether attachments. The util-
ity hook and its mounting location are not
intended to support tethering loads.
Do not use the utility hook if it appears
damaged or deformed. A damaged or de-
formed utility hook may result in unstable
hanging and the tool unexpectedly falling,
causing property damages and personal in-
jury.
Never wedge the nosepiece between two
or more surfaces. Gap between the nose-
piece and multiple work surfaces may allow
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Additional Safety Warnings
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
deflection of the fastener and property dam-
age or personal injury.
Never hold back the nosepiece during op-
eration. Holding the nosepiece back can re-
sult in unexpected actuation and may cause
property damage or serious injury.
Never position your face or body over the
stapler during operation. The stapler will
recoil when driving a fastener.
daily inspection and testing. Operating a
stapler that does not pass the daily inspec-
tion and testing may result in property dam-
age and personal injury.
WARNING
Wear Eye Protection
with ANSI Z87.1. Eye protection does not fit
all operators in the same way. Make sure the
eye protection chosen has side shields or
provides protection from flying debris both
from the front and sides. The employer is re-
sponsible for enforcing the use of eye pro-
tection by the operator and other people in
the work area. When required, wear head
protection in accordance with ANSI Z89.1.
grinding, drilling, and other construction
activities contains chemicals known to
cause cancer, birth defects or other repro-
ductive harm.
Some examples of these
chemicals are:
• Lead from lead-based paints,
• Crystalline silica from bricks and ce-
ment and other masonry products, and
• Arsenic and chromium from chemically-
treated lumber.
Your risk from these exposures varies, de-
pending on how often you do this type of
work. To reduce your exposure to these
chemicals: work in a well ventilated area,
and work with approved safety equipment,
such as those dust masks that are specially
designed to filter out microscopic particles.
Do not operate the sta-
pler if it does not pass
To reduce the risk of in-
jury, always wear safety
goggles or glasses with
side shields. The operator
and other people in the
work area must wear eye
protection in accordance
Some dust created by
power sanding, sawing,