NISSAN 2015 LEAF - First Responder's Guide - Manual (Page 27)

3-3.4 Cutting the Vehicle Body
• Do not cut into high voltage related areas to avoid severe personal injury or death.
• Do not cut into the Li-ion battery to avoid severe personal injury or death.
• When removing parts, NEVER touch the high voltage parts or the insides of the
exposed orange-colored high voltage cables to avoid severe personal injury or death.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) must always be worn when touching or
working on high voltage components.
• Do not cut air bag parts to avoid unintended deployment of the air bags and the risk of
severe personal injury or death.
If at least ten (10) minutes have passed since the rescuer shut down the high voltage system (refer to
3-3.1 High Voltage System Shut-Down Procedures (FRG–16) ), then the rescuer can cut the vehicle
except for the Li-ion battery.
If the rescuer cannot wait the full ten (10) minutes or shut down the high voltage system,
absolute care must be taken to avoid cutting HV parts and appropriate Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) must always be worn.DO NOT cut the Li-ion battery due to possible
electrocution risk and electrolyte solution leakage.
FRG–27