[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1205.6]

[Page 260]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1205--SAFETY STANDARD FOR WALK-BEHIND POWER LAWN MOWERS--Table 
of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--The Standard
 
Sec.  1205.6  Warning label for reel-type and rotary power mowers.

    (a) General. Walk-behind power lawn mowers shall be labeled on the 
blade housing or, in the absence of a blade housing, on other blade 
shielding or on an adjacent supporting structure or assembly, with the 
warning label shown in Fig. 7. The label shall be at least 3.25 in (82.5 
mm) high and 4 in (102 mm) wide, and the lettering and symbol shall 
retain the same size relation to each other and to the label as shown in 
Fig. 7.
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    (b) Rotary mowers. Walk-behind rotary mowers shall have one label as 
shown in Fig. 7, on the blade housing. The label shall be located as 
close as possible to any discharge opening, or, if there is no discharge 
opening, in a position that is conspicuous to an operator in the normal 
operating position.
    (c) Reel-type mowers. Walk-behind power reel-type mowers shall have 
one label as shown in Fig. 7, located as close to the center of the 
cutting width of the blade as possible. However, in the absence of a 
suitable mounting surface near the center of the cutting width, the 
label shall be placed on the nearest suitable mounting surface to the 
center of the cutting width.

[44 FR 10024, Feb. 15, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 86417, Dec. 31, 1980]