It?s ironic that tools are vital to maintaining machinery, yet many people drop the ball when it comes to maintaining the hand and power tools that help them perform this maintenance. Hand and power tools are common items in most workplaces. But they?re still capable of causing serious injuries.
How This Affects You: You can be seriously injured by using common workplace tools incorrectly.
Powder-actuated tools are a fast way to fasten wood or other materials to concrete. Used incorrectly, they are also a quick way to an injury. Also known as explosive-actuated, stud drivers or stud guns, powder-actuated tools are used in the construction industry and by weekend builders.
We all know how important it is to use caution around power tools. But what about tools in general? Can a wrench really be dangerous?
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This word search???s theme is hand safety. The words are related to hand hazards and hand protection on the job.
Compressed air is a useful energy source in the workplace. It powers tools and other kinds of equipment. Consider the hazards and the safeguards surrounding compressed air tools as you do this word search.
How would we get our jobs done without hand tools and power tools? Useful as they are, they are also involved in many injuries. Give some thought to how to use tools safely as you search for these words.
Compressed air and pneumatic tools have many hazards, including dust and particles which can damage your eyes.
Chisels and hammers with mushroomed heads, portable power saws with damaged wiring and files lacking handles are examples of defective tools that can cause injuries.
Horseplay and compressed air are a particularly bad combination. You should never use compressed air for pranks. No kidding!
A 24-year-old nursery laborer had been on the job for just three days when he died of a traumatic injury to the brain.
Nail guns are extremely convenient.
Three employees equipped with respirators were preparing to paint a heat exchanger in a manufacturing plant. Their sandblasting work was almost finished. The portable air compressor used to supply breathing air to the sandblasters' hoods
An ironworker foreman died in a fall from a roof under construction after he removed a safety barricade. The victim was supervising a crew building the roof of a cold storage warehouse. The final structural
A machine at a steel foundry was found to be jammed in the "up" position and could not be lowered. The plant maintenance mechanic, who was an experienced and careful worker, was called to repair
A laborer at a surface quarry mine was trying to take apart a crane boom to install additional sections. He had trouble removing one of the pins holding two sections together. While underneath an unsupported
A lead hand employed by a heavy equipment dealer was responsible for operating a grader and a simple conveyor system. The conveyor was being used to separate topsoil. The conveyor was set on the diagonal,
Workers tending a paper manufacturing machine had to enter an narrow overhead platform above a moving press roller. One day a worker was on this 14-inch (.35-meter) wide platform structure. He was using a compressed
A worker had been sandblasting equipment in preparation for repairs. A co-worker later found him dead on the floor. The victim had been using a supplied-air respirator, but it appeared he had mistakenly plugged it
A worker was fatally injured while grinding on the lid of a metal toolbox. The sparks from his grinder ignited an explosive mixture of oxygen and acetylene which had leaked from a torch placed inside
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