3M 770 Owner's Manual - page 4
Safety Messages
We include safety messages and safety labels in this manual to help you
protect your safety and the safety of others. This section contains important
information to help you recognize and understand these safety messages.
Safety Message Format
Safety messages are designed to alert you to potential hazards that can
cause personal injury to you or others. They can also indicate the possibility
of property damage.
Each safety message box contains a safety alert symbol (
); one of three
signal words:
DANGER
,
WARNING
, or
CAUTION
; and a safety message.
The signal words and symbols, and their meanings, are shown below.
In addition to the symbols and words explained previously, each safety message:
Identifies the hazard.
Describes what you can and should do to avoid the risk of exposure to the hazard.
Describes the probable consequences of not avoiding the hazard.
DANGER
means you and/or someone else WILL be
KILLED or SERIOUSLY HURT if you do not follow these
instructions.
WARNING
means you and/or someone else MAY be
KILLED or SERIOUSLY HURT if you do not follow these
instructions.
CAUTION
means you and/or someone else MAY be
HURT or property damage may result if you do not follow
these instructions.
The
(
I
nformation) icon is used in this manual to draw
your attention to other important information.
DANGER
The safety message is in this box.
WARNING
The safety message is in this box.
CAUTION
The safety message is in this box.
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2002 3M IPC. All rights reserved.
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