Injury Illness Prevention Plan - Flipbook - Page 96
Health and Safety Program Manual
Teamwrkx
Construction, Inc.
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Issue Date: 10/16/23
Revision Date: 10/16/23
Tool Safety and Inspection
Reference: A-2
Secure work with clamps or a vise, freeing both hands to operate the tool.
Avoid accidental starting. The worker should not hold a finger on the switch button while carrying
a plugged-in tool.
Tools should be maintained with care. They should be kept sharp and clean for the best
performance. Follow instructions in the user's manual for lubricating and changing accessories.
Be sure to keep good footing and maintain good balance.
The proper apparel should be worn. Loose clothing, ties, or jewelry can become caught in moving
parts.
All portable electric tools that are damaged shall be removed from use and tagged "Do Not Use."
Guards
Hazardous moving parts of a power tool need to be safeguarded. For example, belts, gears, shafts, pulleys,
sprockets, spindles, drums, fly wheels, chains, or other reciprocating, rotating, or moving parts of equipment
must be guarded.
Guards, as necessary, should be provided to protect the operator and others from the following:
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Point of operation
In-running nip points
Rotating parts
Flying chips and sparks
Guards shall be always in place and operable while the tool is in use. The guard may not be manipulated in such
way that will compromise its integrity or compromise the protection in which intended. Guarding shall meet the
requirements set forth in ANSI B15.1.
Safety guards must never be removed when a tool is being used. For example, portable circular saws must be
equipped with guards. An upper guard must cover the entire blade of the saw. A retractable lower guard must
cover the teeth of the saw, except when it contacts the work material. The lower guard must automatically
return to the covering position when the tool is withdrawn from the work.
Safety Switches
The following hand-held powered tools are to be equipped with a momentary contact "on-off" control switch:
drills, tappers, fastener drivers, horizontal, vertical and angle grinders with wheels larger than two inches in
diameter, disc, and belt sanders, reciprocating saws, saber saws, and other similar tools. These tools also may
be equipped with a lock-on control if turnoff can be accomplished by a single motion of the same finger or
fingers that turn it on.
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