Sears 113.197611 - Manual (Page 3)

Safety
This manual has safety information and in­
structions to help users eliminate or
reduce the risk of accidents and injuries,
including:
1 . Severe cuts, and loss of fingers or other
body parts due to contact with the blade
2
. Eye impact injuries, and blindness, from
being hit by a thrown workpiece,
workpiece chips or pieces of blade
3 . Bodily impact injuries, broken bones,
and internal organ damage from being hit
by a thrown workpiece
4 . Shock or electrocution
5 . Burns.
Safety Symbol and Signal Words
An exclamation mark inside a triangle is
the safety alert symbol.
It is used to draw attention to safety infor­
mation in the manual and on the saw. It is
followed by a signal word, DANGER,
WARNING, or CAUTION, which tells
the level of risk:
A
DANGER: means if the safety infor­
mation is not followed someone will be
seriously injured or killed.
A
WARNING: means if the safety infor­
mation is not followed someone could be
seriously injured or killed.
A
CAUTION: means if the safety infor­
mation is not followed someone might be
injured.
Read and follow all safety information
and instructions.
Major Hazards
Three major hazards are associated with
using the radial arm saw for ripping. They
are outfeed zone hazard, kickback, and
wrong way feed.
This section only briefly explains these
hazards. Read the ripping and crosscut­
ting safety sections for more detailed ex­
planations of these and other hazards.
Outfeed Zone Hazard
ADANGER
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Rotational force u
will pull hand back
into blade.
Fingers will be
cut off.
Keep hands away
from outfeed side.
If you reach around the blade to the out-
feed side when ripping, and try to hold
down or pull the workpiece through to
complete a cut, the rotational force of the
blade w'ill pull your hand back into the
blade.
Fingers will be cut off.
Read and follow the information and in­
structions under ripping safety.