Safety Rules For Using A Power Mower

1. Don’t buy a power driven lawn mower on price alone. Buy the BEST LAWN MOWER for the job. Ask yourself:

• Is it built well and starts easily?
• Is the expulsion opening on the side too large? Will it prevent unseen small objects from being hurled into space?
• Are the wheels large enough, so that it will move smoothly over rough and irregular ground?
• Does the mower have a safety switch to shut it off quickly?
• Are precautionary warnings embossed or printed on the machine?

2. Before starting to mow make a quick survey of the area to be cut. Remove all visible stones, sticks, bones, wire, and other debris, that may catch in the blades or be hurled into a neighbor’s yard.

3. Keep all bystanders – children, adults and pets – away while you are cutting. Don’t cut your grass if the next door neighbors are having a garden party. Some unseen object may be hurled at them.

4. Keep your feet from under the machine at all times.

5. Do not allow children to operate the power mower.

6. Do not wear loose or flowing clothing that may be caught in revolving blades.

7. Tip the mower by its handles. Never reach under the machine to move or turn it.

8. Cut side banks and hills the long way of the slope, the way a farmer contour plows.

9. Shut off the power before attempting to remove any debris caught in the blades. WAIT until the blades have stopped moving.

10. Never leave the motor running, when the mower is unattended. It may be too much of a temptation to children.

11. Be careful with fuel.

• Store gasoline in properly fitted and ventilated cans. Do not use jugs or bottles.
• Do not refuel when the machine is hot.
• Do not refuel in a closed garage.
• Do not refuel in the basement. Heavy gasoline fumes, traveling along the floor, have been known to have been ignited by a gas or oil furnace.

12. Electric mowers should be properly grounded.

13. Do not use electric mowers when the grass is wet, or when it is raining. An unnoticed bare wire has been the cause of serious electric shocks.

by G. Richards

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