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The following represent the basic precautions to take when performing maintenance or service procedures on gasoline powered equipment and dealing with gasoline in general:
Note: Modern mowers have at least two systems for stopping blade rotation fairly quickly and keeping it stopped if the dead-man bar is released. These will be either an engine kill and blade brake (on most inexpensive mowers) or a blade brake/clutch which keeps the engine running but stops the blade (on high-end machines).