Stihl FS 75 Instruction Manual - Page 6

English / USA !Warning! Trimmer noise may damage your hearing. Wear sound barriers (ear plugs or ear mufflers) to protect your hearing. Continual and regular users should have their hearing checked regularly. Protect your hands with gloves when handling the trimmer and the cutting tool. Heavy-duty, nonslip gloves improve your grip and protect your hands. Clothing must be sturdy and snug-fitting, but allow complete freedom of movement. Avoid loosefitting jackets, scarfs, neckties, jewelry, flared or cuffed pants, unconfined longhair or anything that could become caught on branches, brush or moving parts of the unit. Wear long pants made of heavy material to protect your legs. Do not wear shorts, pants, sandals or go bare foot. Secure hair so it is above shoulder level. Good footing is most important in trimmer work. Wear sturdy boots with nonslip soles. Steel-toed safety boots are recommended. Wear an approved safety hard hat to reduce the risk of injury to your head when there is a danger of head injuries. THE TRIMMER For illustrations and definitions of the trimmer parts see the chapter on "Parts and Controls". !Warning! Never modify a trimmer in any way. Only attachments supplied by STIHL or expressly approved by STIHL for use with the specific STIHL trimmer models are authorized. Although certain unauthorized attachments are useable for the STIHL trimmer, their use may, in fact, be extremely dangerous. !Warning! To reduce the risk of injury to operator from blade contact, metal blades may be used on FS-trimmers equipped with a bicycle, "J" handle or loop handle with barrier bar and not on those FS- and FE-models with a loop handle only. Never use any metal cutting attachment on a FS-model that has a bent shaft. FS 75 5