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Publication: Implement & Tractor
Date: Jul 1 2006 12:00AM 2006

Dealers can sell safety with this Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kit for chain saw operators. The kit contains all the items needed to protect a chain saw user based on three types of application. PN 531 30 71-81, designed for homeowners performing light pruning or firewood cutting where

there is not a danger of falling branches, contains a mesh face visor, hearing protectors, leg chaps, leather work gloves, protective glasses and lanyard. PN 531 30 09-04), created for situations in which there may be falling branches or debris, contains a helmet system with mesh visor and built-in hearing protection, chaps, leather work gloves, protective glasses and lanyard. PN 531 30 71-80, for such cutting projects as felling, limbing and cross cutting, includes a helmet system with visor and hearing protectors, chaps with extended calf protection, leather work gloves, protective glasses and lanyard. Husqvarna also offers an 80-page instructional manual titled, "Working with a chain saw--Manual for safe and effective chain saw use" (PN 106 36 49-26). The manual is available in partial form to be downloaded from the company Web site. Husqvarna Outdoor Products, Inc., 1030 Stevens Creek Rd., Augusta, GA 30907; tel: 706 826 6900, fax: 706 823 8968; www.husqvarna.com.

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