[DG]

I just bought a new Craftsman electric hedge trimmer, 4.0 amps, best they had. It is a boss hog trimmer compared to the 2.6 amp model I had previous that quit on me.

The first 11 pages of the instruction manual were safety messages, many of which were no doubt due to legal department requiring such verbage due to some case brought against them for not warning users. Things like "stay alert", "protect your lungs", "bystanders must wear the same safety equipment that the operator of the tool wears".

If I choose not to protect my lungs while operating my trimmer then I expect no legislation to require it, especially after I have been warned.

I noted that there was no warning against using the electric trimmer in the middle of a swimming pool so apparently it has not come up, yet.