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SAFETYOPERATIONMAINTENANCE SETUP
Specific Safety Instructions
1. Operators and others in work area MUST
wear ANSI-approved safety goggles with
side shields during use. The employer is
responsible to enforce the use of eye protection
by the operator and others in the work area.
2. Keep fingers away from trigger when not
driving fasteners to avoid accidental firing.
3. Choice of triggering method is important.
Check manual for triggering options.
4. Always assume the tool contains fasteners.
5. Do not point the tool toward yourself or anyone
whether it contains fasteners or not.
6. Do not actuate the tool unless the tool is
placed firmly against the workpiece.
7. Respect the tool as a working implement.
8. No horseplay. This tool is not a toy
and can be deadly if misused.
9. Do not load the tool with fasteners when any
one of the operating controls, such as the
Trigger or Safety Nosepiece, is activated.
10. Do not remove, tamper with, or otherwise cause
the tool operating controls to become inoperable.
11. Do not operate the tool if any portion of
the tool operating controls is inoperable,
disconnected, altered, or not working properly.
12. Disconnect the tool from the air supply when:
a. Unattended.
b. Performing any maintenance or repair.
c. Clearing a jam.
d. Moving the tool to a new location.
13. Do not make any modifications to this tool.
14. Refer to the tool maintenance instructions
for detailed information on the proper
maintenance of the tool.
15. Fire fasteners into an appropriate work surface only.
Do not attempt to fire fasteners into surfaces too
hard to penetrate. Do not drive fasteners on top
of other fasteners, or at too steep of an angle.
Fasteners can ricochet causing personal injury.
16. Do not fire fasteners too close to the edge of
a workpiece. They may split the workpiece
and fly free, causing personal injury.
17. Keep clear of the workpiece near the area being
fastened. Fasteners may bend sideways during
firing, causing them to exit the workpiece at an
unexpected point, causing personal injury.
18. Transport tool safely. Always disconnect air
supply when moving the tool. Carry the tool by
the handle and avoid contact with the trigger.
19. Hold tool away from head and
body. During operation the tool may
kick back causing injury.
20. Do not fire fasteners into a workpiece
that has people, utility lines, or other
objects behind or inside it.
21. Keep balance while using this tool.
Keep area below clear if working in an elevated
location, and secure air hose to prevent falls
from bystanders accidentally pulling on it.
22. Obey the manual for the air compressor
used to power this tool.
23. Install an in-line shutoff valve to allow
immediate control over the air supply in an
emergency, even if a hose is ruptured.
24. Do not engrave or stamp anything into
the housing to avoid weakening it.
25. WARNING: Some dust created by power
sanding, sawing, grinding, drilling, and other
construction activities, contains chemicals
known [to the State of California] to cause
cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Some examples of these chemicals are:
• Lead from lead-based paints
• Crystalline silica from bricks and cement or
other masonry products
• 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 your exposure to these chemicals: work in
a well ventilated area, and work with approved
safety equipment, such as those dust masks that are
specially designed to filter out microscopic particles.
(California Health & Safety Code § 25249.5, et seq.)
WARNING: The brass components of
this product contain lead, a chemical
known to the State of California to cause
birth defects (or other reproductive harm).
(California Health & Safety code § 25249.5, et seq.)
26. The warnings and precautions discussed in this
manual cannot cover all possible conditions and
situations that may occur. It must be understood
by the operator that common sense and caution
are factors which cannot be built into this
product, but must be supplied by the operator.
