General Shop Safety

Everyone must wear safety glasses in a shop environment, even when you're not working on a machine. Why is this?

• You do not need to wear safety glasses in the shop if you are not working on a machine.

• This rule helps to enforce the habit of wearing your safety glasses when you really need them, while working on a machine.

• Something can happen in the shop near you that could send flying objects through the air which could be a hazard to your eyes.

• This has always been a shop rule and will always be a shop rule.

Why is it important to check your clothes and hair before you walk into the shop?

Which item/s need to be removed before entering the shop?

• No ties, scarves, no gloves, remove jewelry.

• Just make sure things are tucked in and you don't need to actually remove items.

• The most important is to remove jewelry.

• Remove jewelry and never wear gloves.

Eye and ear protection is required when using the miter saw.

• true

• false

eye and ear protection is required when using the miter saw

• true

• false

Why are baggy clothes and headphones a safety hazard?

• They are a Shop fashion hazard

• They can get caught in equipment and pull you into it causing injury/death
• It just isn't a professional look and the headphones could be a distraction to you

Hanging jewelry is allowed in the shop.

• True
• False

True or False: Gloves should be worn near moving machinery.

• true

• false

Allow the machine to reach full operating speed before feeding in the material to be cut.

• True
• False

True or False: It is safe to use the drill press if the bit is wobbling around the chuck.

• true

• false