Child Safety - Maytag MER5880BAS User Manual

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Other potentially b, o t sudaces include:
Cooktop, areas facing the cooktop, oven
vent, and surfaces near the vent opening,
oven door, areas around the door and
oven window.
CHILD SAFETY
NEVER leave children alone or unsuper-
vised in area where appliance is in use or
is still hot.
NEVER allow children to sit or stand on
any part of the appliance as they could be
injured or burned.
CAUTION: NEVER store items of inter-
est to children in cabinets above an appli-
ance or on backguard of a range. Chil-
dren climbing on appliance, door or
drawer to reach items could damage the
appliance or be burned or seriously
injured.
Children must be taught that the appli-
ance and utensils in or on it can be hot.
Let hot utensils cool in a safe place, out
of reach of small children. Children
should be taught that an appliance is not
a toy. ChilJren should not be allowed to
play with :ontrols or other pads of the
unit.
VEHTILATIHG HOODS
C_ean range hood and filters frequently
to prevent grease or other flammable
materials from accumulating on hood or
filter and to avoid grease fires.
Turn the fan on when flambeing foods
(such as Cherries Jubilee) under the
hood.
IMPOflTAHT SAFETY HOTICE
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The California Safe Drinking Water and
Toxic EnforcementAct of 1986 (Proposi-
tion 65) requires the Govemor of Califor-
nia to publish a list of substances known
to the State of California to cause cancer
or reproductive harm, and requires busi-
nesses to warn customers of potential
exposures to such substances.
Users of this appliance are hereby
warned that when the oven is engaged in
the self-c_een cycle, there may be some
low level exposure to some of the listed
substances, including carbon monoxide.
Exposure to these substances can be
minimized by properly venting the oven to
the outdoors during the self-clean cycle
by opening a window and/or door in the
room where the appliance is located.
iMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING
PETBIRDS:Never keep pet birds in the
kitchenor in roomswherethe fumesfrom
the kitchen could reach. Birds have a
very sensitiverespiratorysystem. Fumes
released during an oven self-cleaning
cycle may be harmful or fatal to birds.
Fumesreleaseddue to overheatedcook-
ing oil, fat, margarine and overheated
non-stick cookware may be equally
harmful.
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