Clothing And Equipment; Work Area And Surroundings; Safe Condition; Lawn Mower - Stihl RMA 765 V Manual De Instrucciones

4 Safety Precautions
► Read, understand and keep the
instruction manual.
► If passing on the lawn mower to another per‐
son: provide them with the instruction man‐
ual also.
► Make sure that the user meets the following
conditions:
– The user is rested.
– The user is physically, sensorily and
mentally capable of operating the lawn
mower and working with it. If the user is
physically, sensorily or mentally impaired,
the lawn mower must only be used under
supervision or following instruction by a
responsible person.
– The user can recognise and evaluate the
dangers posed by the lawn mower.
– The user is aware that they are responsi‐
ble for accidents and damage.
– The user is of legal age or the user is
being trained under supervision in a pro‐
fession in accordance with national regu‐
lations.
– The user has received instruction from a
STIHL specialist dealer or a competent
person before using the lawn mower for
the first time.
– The user is not impaired by alcohol, med‐
icines or drugs.
► If anything is unclear: consult a STIHL spe‐
cialist dealer.
4.4

Clothing and Equipment

WARNING
■ Objects may be thrown up at high velocity
while working. This may result in injury to the
user.
► Wear long trousers made from resistant
material.
■ Dust may be stirred up while working. Breath‐
ing in dust may be harmful to health and
cause allergic reactions.
► If dust is stirred up: wear a dust mask.
■ Unsuitable clothing may get caught on wood,
brambles and in the lawn mower. This may
result in serious injury to the user.
► Wear close-fitting clothing.
► Remove scarves and jewellery.
■ The user may come into contact with the blade
during cleaning, maintenance or transport.
This may result in injury to the user.
► Wear work gloves made from resistant mate‐
rial.
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■ Wearing unsuitable footwear may cause the
user to slip. This may result in injury to the
user.
► Wear sturdy, closed-toed footwear with high-
grip soles.
■ Material particles may be expelled when
sharpening the blade. This may result in injury
to the user.
► Wear close-fitting safety glasses. Suitable
safety glasses are tested in accordance with
EN 166 or national regulations and available
commercially with the corresponding mark‐
ing.
► Wear work gloves made from resistant mate‐
rial.
4.5

Work Area and Surroundings

WARNING
■ Bystanding people, children and animals can‐
not recognise or evaluate the dangers posed
by the lawn mower and objects expelled at
high speed by the mower. This may result in
serious injury to bystanding people, children
and animals and damage to property.
► Keep bystanding people, children
and animals out of the work area.
► Maintain a distance from objects.
► Do not leave the lawn mower unattended.
► Make sure that children cannot play with the

lawn mower.

■ Electrical components of the lawn mower may
produce sparks. Sparks may cause fires and
explosions in highly flammable or explosive
environments. This may result in serious or
fatal injury to people and damage to property.
► Do not work in a highly flammable or explo‐
sive environment.
4.6

Safe Condition

4.6.1 Lawn Mower
The lawn mower is in safe condition when the
following conditions are met:
– The lawn mower is undamaged.
– The lawn mower is clean.
– The controls are working and have not been
modified.
– If mowing and the mown grass is to be collec‐
ted in the grass catcher box: the grass catcher
box is correctly attached.
– If mowing and the mown grass is to be ejected
to the rear: the grass catcher box is detached
and the discharge flap is closed.
– The blade is correctly attached.
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