Personal Protective Equipment - Husqvarna 520iHT4 Manuel D'utilisation

attachment guard. Stones, rubbish, etc., can be
thrown up into the eyes which can cause blindness
or serious injury.
• Listen out for warning signals or shouts when you
wear hearing protection. Always remove your
hearing protection as soon as the product stops.
• Never work from a ladder, stool or any other raised
position that is not fully secured.
• This machine produces an electromagnetic field
during operation. This field may under some
circumstances interfere with active or passive
medical implants. To reduce the risk of serious or
fatal injury, we recommend persons with medical
implants to consult their physician and the medical
implant manufacturer before operating this machine.
• Always hold the product with both hands. Hold the
product on the right side of your body.
• Always stop the product, remove the battery and
make sure that the cutting equipment does not rotate
before you remove material that is wound around the
blade shaft or caught between the guard and the
cutting attachment.
• The electromagnetic field during operation can
interfere with the active or passive medical implants.
The persons with medical implants speak to your
physician and the medical implant manufacturer
before operating this product.
• Hold the weight of the product with the harness to
make it easy to operate.
• Long-term exposure to noise can result in permanent
hearing impairment. Husqvarna recommends that
operators use approved hearing protection.
• Never use a product that has been modified in any
way from its original specification.
• Never use a product that is faulty. Carry out the
safety checks, maintenance and service instructions
described in this manual. Some maintenance and
service measures must be carried out by trained and
qualified specialists. See instructions under the
maintenance heading.
• Carry out an overall inspection of the product before
use. See the maintenance schedule.
• Never allow anyone else to use the machine without
first ensuring that they have read and understood the
contents of the operator's manual.
• Check the working area for foreign objects such as
electricity cables and animals, etc, or other objects
that could damage the cutting attachment, such as
metal items.
• Faulty blades can increase the risk of accidents.

Personal protective equipment

WARNING: Read the warning instructions
that follow before you use the product.
• Always use approved personal protective equipment
when you use the product. Personal protective
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equipment cannot fully prevent injury but it
decreases the degree of injury if an accident does
occur. Let your dealer help you select the right
equipment.
• Use a protective helmet where there is a risk of
falling objects.
• Long term exposure to noise can result in damaged
hearing. In general, battery powered products are
relatively quiet but damage can result from a
combination of noise level and long usage.
Husqvarna recommends that operators use hearing
protectors when using products for a longer coherent
time of a day. Continual and regular users should
have their hearing checked regularly.
WARNING: Hearing protectors limit the
ability to hear sounds and warning
signals.
• Use approved eye protection. If you use a visor, you
must also use approved protective goggles.
Approved protective goggles must comply with the
ANSI Z87.1 standard in the USAs or EN 166 in EU
countries.
• Use gloves when necessary, for example when you
attach, examine or clean the cutting equipment.
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