Drill Press Safety

To brush chips away from the moving drill with the fingers.

• Safe
• Unsafe

To keep long hair away from the drill press spindle by keeping it tied back or covered.

• Safe
• Unsafe

To leave and key or chuck in the drill press.

• Safe
• Unsafe

Wear proper eye protection.

• Safe
• Unsafe

To keep the long end of material being drilled to the left of the operator.

• Safe
• Unsafe

To wear loose-fitting clothes while operating a drill press.

• Safe
• Unsafe

To talk to someone while operating a drill press.

• Safe
• Unsafe

To use caution when you have to reach around a revolving bit.

• Safe
• Unsafe

To use dull drill bits

• Safe
• Unsafe

To force the drill through the work as fast as it will go.

• Safe
• Unsafe