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WARNING
POTENTIAL HAZARD
♦ Gasoline vapor can collect inside an
enclosed trailer, building, or room, and
may be ignited by electrical sparks or hot
engine/exhaust components.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
♦ Explosion and fire may occur, resulting in
property damage, personal injury, and/or
death.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
♦ Provide adequate ventilation of any
enclosed trailer, building, or room to
prevent build up of gasoline vapors,
especially at floor level.
♦ Refuel only outdoors, never inside an
enclosed trailer, building, or room.
♦ Be sure all fuel tanks and gasoline
storage containers have proper caps
installed to prevent spillage and minimize
vapor escaping into the trailer, building, or
room.
♦ Fuel containers should not be stored in a
basement or any enclosed area where
open pilot lights or heat appliances are
present.
♦ DO NOT place any equipment that is
leaking gasoline in an enclosed trailer,
building, or room.
1.4 CHILDREN
1.4.1 Tragic accidents can occur if the operator is not alert to the presence of children.
Children are often attracted to the machine and the mowing activity. Never assume
that children will remain where you last saw them.
1.4.2 Keep children out of the mowing area and in the watchful care of a responsible adult
other than the operator.
1.4.3 Be alert and turn machine off if a child enters the area.
1.4.4 Use EXTREME caution when backing up. Before and while backing, look behind and
down for small children.
1.4.5 Never carry children even with the blade(s) shut off. They may fall off and be
seriously injured or interfere with safe machine operation. Children who have been
given rides in the past may suddenly appear in the mowing area for another ride and
be run over or backed over by the machine.
1.4.6 Never allow children to operate the machine.
1.4.7 Use extreme care when approaching blind corners, shrubs, trees, or other objects that
may block your view of a child.