Additional Safety Precautions - Hilti TE 6-A36 Manual De Instrucciones

5.3 Additional safety precautions

5.3.1 Personal safety
a) Always hold the power tool securely with both
hands on the grips provided. Keep the grips dry,
clean and free from oil and grease.
b) Breathing protection must be worn if the power
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tool is used without a dust removal system for
work that creates dust.
c) Improve the blood circulation in your fingers by
relaxing your hands and exercising your fingers
during breaks between working.
d) Avoid touching rotating parts. Switch the power
tool on only after bringing it into position at the
workpiece. Touching rotating parts, especially rotat-
ing insert tools, may lead to injury.
e) Activate the safety lock (forward / reverse switch
in the middle position) before storing or trans-
porting the power tool.
f) When restarting after the electronic overload pro-
tection system has switched the tool off, care
must be taken to ensure that the power tool is
held securely with both hands on the grips pro-
vided.
g) Children must be instructed not to play with the
power tool.
h) The power tool is not intended for use by children,
by debilitated persons or those who have received
no instruction or training.
i) WARNING: Some dust created by grinding, sand-
ing, cutting and drilling contains chemicals known
to cause cancer, birth defects, infertility or other
reproductive harm; or serious and permanent res-
piratory or other injury. Some examples of these
chemicals are: lead from lead-based paints, crys-
talline silica from bricks, concrete and other masonry
products and natural stone, arsenic and chromium
from chemically-treated lumber. Your risk from these
exposures varies, depending on how often you do
this type of work. To reduce exposure to these
chemicals, the operator and bystanders should
work in a well-ventilated area, work with ap-
proved safety equipment, such as respiratory pro-
tection appropriate for the type of dust generated,
and designed to filter out microscopic particles
and direct dust away from the face and body.
Avoid prolonged contact with dust. Wear protec-
tive clothing and wash exposed areas with soap
and water. Allowing dust to get into your mouth,
eyes, or to remain on your skin may promote absorp-
tion of harmful chemicals.
5.3.2 Power tool use and care
a) Secure the workpiece. Use clamps or a vice to
secure the workpiece. The workpiece is thus held
more securely than by hand and both hands remain
free to operate the power tool.
b) Check that the insert tools used are compatible
with the chuck system and that they are secured
in the chuck correctly.
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5.3.3 Cordless tool use and care
a) Ensure the switch is in the off position before
inserting battery pack. Inserting the battery pack
into power tools that have the switch on invites
accidents.
b) Observe the special guidelines applicable to the
transport, storage and use of Li-ion batteries.
c) Do not expose batteries to high temperatures and
keep them away from fire. This presents a risk of
explosion. d) Do not disassemble, squash or incinerate batter-
ies and do not subject them to temperatures over
80°C. This presents a risk of fire, explosion or injury
through contact with caustic substances.
e) Use only batteries of the type approved for use
with the applicable power tool. Use of unapproved
batteries or use of the batteries in areas of application
for which they are not approved presents a risk of
fire and explosion.
f) Do not charge or continue to use damaged bat-
teries (e.g. batteries with cracks, broken parts,
bent or pushed-in and/or pulled-out contacts).
g) Avoid short circuiting the battery terminals. Be-
fore inserting the battery in the tool, make sure
that the battery terminals and the terminals in the
tool are free from foreign objects. Short circuiting
the battery terminals presents a risk of fire, explosion
and chemical burns.
h) Avoid ingress of moisture. Ingress of moisture may
cause a short circuit, resulting in burning injuries or
fire.
i) If the battery is too hot to touch it may be defective.
Place the tool in a location where it can be kept
under observation, well away from flammable ma-
terials, and allow it to cool down. Contact Hilti
Service after the battery has cooled down.
5.3.4 Electrical safety
Before beginning work, check the working area (e.g.
using a metal detector) to ensure that no concealed
electric cables or gas and water pipes are present.
External metal parts of the power tool may become
live, for example, when an electric cable is damaged
accidentally. This presents a serious risk of electric shock.
5.3.5 Work area safety
a) Ensure that the workplace is well lit.
b) Ensure that the workplace is well ventilated. Ex-
posure to dust at a poorly ventilated workplace may
result in damage to the health.
c) If the work involves breaking right through, take
the appropriate safety measures at the opposite
side. Parts breaking away could fall out and / or fall
down and injure other persons.