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protection. Protect your hands with suitable gloves. Wear a full face
shield if your work creates metal filings or wood chips. Protect your
head from falling objects by wearing a hard hat. Wear an ANSI approved
dust mask or respirator when working around metal, wood and chemical
dusts and mists. Wear ANSI approved earplugs. Protective, electrically
non-conductive clothes and non-skid footwear are recommended when
working. Wear steel-toed boots to prevent injury from falling objects.
• Control the tool, personal movement and the work environment
to avoid personal injury or damage to the tool. Stay alert,
watch what you are doing and use your common sense.
• Keep articles of clothing, jewelry, hair, etc., away from
moving parts to avoid entanglement with a tool.
• Do not operate any machine / tool when tired or under
the influence of drugs, alcohol or medications.
• Do not overreach when operating a tool. Proper footing and balance
enables better control of a tool in unexpected situations.
• Use clamps or other practical ways to support or secure the work
piece to a stable platform. Holding the work piece by hand or against
your body is not stable and may lead to loss of control and injury.
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