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TOOL SAFETY

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Personal protective equipment should be worn at every available opportunity!

Wear steel toe cap Boots or trainers when moving heavy items or working on vehicles, safety trainers are now extremely popular and offer valuable protection!

Safety Glasses are a must when Chiselling or cutting ceramic tiles or glass, your eyes are easily damaged and should be protected. If working in really dusty conditions then goggles are preferred as they offer even more protection.

Gloves come in very useful when Using a hammer, if you have ever hit your hand you will know that a pair of thick gloves can soften the blow.

Wear a dust mask in dusty conditions, respiratory problems are never nice.

When working at heights or below people working at heights wear an helmet.

When working at heights make sure people below are wearing helmets, as you can see from this picture a screwdriver which has fallen from a workers pocket could have easily Killed

Hand tools can be just as dangerous as power tools, thousands of people are admitted to Casualty each year due to the misuse of Hand Tools.

A common sense approach must be Used. Take a step back from the task in hand and try and identify the hazards before it is too late and you become another statistic!

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	Wear steel toe cap Boots or trainers when moving heavy items or working on vehicles, safety trainers are now extremely popular and offer valuable protection!
	Safety Glasses are a must when Chiselling or cutting ceramic tiles or glass, your eyes are easily damaged and should be protected. If working in really dusty conditions then goggles are preferred as they offer even more protection.
	Gloves come in very useful when Using a hammer, if you have ever hit your hand you will know that a pair of thick gloves can soften the blow.
	Wear a dust mask in dusty conditions, respiratory problems are never nice.
	When working at heights or below people working at heights wear an helmet.