Electric work equipment

Electric work equipment, comprising:

• a body case having a first side and a second side opposite to each other in a plan view;
• a work tool formed to protrude forward from a front portion of the body case;
• a motor housed in the body case and configured to drive the work tool;
• a battery removably disposed in the body case and configured to supply power to the motor;
• a handle protruding from the body case and configured to be gripped;
• a trigger lever disposed on a lower surface of the handle and configured such that the power is supplied from the battery to the motor when the trigger lever is operated;
• a side handle mounted on a side surface located at only the second side of the body case, the side handle extending around a perimeter of the body case such that the side handle is not mounted on the side surface located at the first side of the body case;
• and
• a switch panel disposed on an upper surface of the handle, the switch paned including a power switch and an indicator light, the power switch being configured to make the motor operable when the power switch is an ON state and to stop operation of the motor when the power switch is an OFF state, the indicator light indicating the ON and OFF states of the power switch, wherein
• a top surface of the switch panel is inclined downward from the first side of the body case to the second side of the body case, and
• the power switch is located closer to the second side of the body case than the indicator light.