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1 Automotive Shop Safety Riverside secondary

2 Shop Safety & You As a high school Tech Ed student
think of your own safety as well as your fellow students what will your approach to safety look like?

3 Personal Protective Equipment
eye protection must be worn in the shop at all times!

4 Two types of eye protection you can use…

5 Use ear protection when needed…
air chisel

6 Hand Protection disposable gloves protect your hands from contact with chemicals used engine oil, for instance, has cancer causing agents in it work gloves protect your skin and knuckles from impact and abrasion injuries

7 Protecting Your Lungs…
If you are replacing brake friction material or a clutch, you need to wear a particle mask… Brake linings & clutch discs may contain asbestos!

8 Protecting Your Lungs exhaust “donuts” (used as a seal between two exhaust pipes) & some cylinder head gaskets may contain asbestos!

9 Do’s and Don'ts No open-toed shoes CSA approved footwear only!
Remove any rings, watches, bracelets or long necklaces before working in the shop Coveralls or a shop coat should be worn

10 Long hair needs to be tied back!

11 Exhaust Gases Carbon Monoxide is… colorless odorless when we run an engine in our shop, we have to protect ourselves by using the exhaust retraction system How do you turn it on? (under tire rack)

12 Exhaust Retraction System

13 Air Guns & Sockets When using the air gun, use the black impact sockets… Not the chrome sockets!

14 Dangers Under the Hood…
radiator fans (2 types)… electric belt driven

15 Burn Hazards! The following items can burn your hands or face…
engine coolant (via radiator cap) coolant is >100°C coolant is pressurized don’t remove it unless it’s cool to the touch!

16 Burn Hazards! The following items can burn your hands or face…
exhaust manifold exhaust gases are >1000°C catalytic converter very hot!

17 fuel: gas, diesel, propane oil & other lubricants cleaning solvents
Fire Hazards Flammable or combustible items… fuel: gas, diesel, propane oil & other lubricants cleaning solvents Brakekleen, WD40, paint etc. must be stored in a flammable materials cabinet not like this…

18 Fuel Vapors & Fires anytime the fuel system is disconnected (fuel tank, carburetor, fuel pump, fuel injectors etc.), fuel vapors are present prevent fires by… disconnect the negative battery terminal keep sparks away from the fuel vapors watch those working around you have a fire extinguisher nearby replace these incandescent work lights with cooler running compact fluorescents

19 Carline – Maple Ridge Vapors from a gas can ignited…

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21 Vancouver - December, 2009 trouble light broke while gas tank was being removed 2 mechanics suffered burns

22 Portable electric power tools
Electric drills should not be used the auto shop arcing at the brushes/commutator could ignite fuel vapors use air powered tools instead

23 Other Fire Hazards… Oily, greasy or fuel soaked rags must be placed in the fire-proof rag container when you are finished using them!

24 Tripping & Slipping Hazards
sweep & mop shop floor as you work & at the end of the lab! granular absorbent is to be used for large oil spills only keep shop floor free of tripping hazards storage of parts? use the trunk of the vehicle for long-term projects

25  Never look into the “business” end!
Compressed Air do not use compressed air to clean off clothes & skin at 4”, 40 PSI can rupture an eardrum, cause a brain hemorrhage or death 12psi can pop an eyeball from its socket 4psi in the mouth can rupture a lung or intestine compressed air entering a small wound on the hand has been known to inflate the arm to the size of a grapefruit air entering the belly button through a layer of clothing can rupture the intestines  Never look into the “business” end!  Never point it towards your body!

26 Eye Wash Station know where it is & how to use it?

27 Parking Vehicles in Automotive Shops
automatic transmission: in park manual transmission: in neutral (and the park brake applied) many people park their own cars in 1st gear or reverse What do you suppose could happen if a car is parked in gear while in a high school auto shop???

28 Moving vehicles in the shop
Who will move vehicles in your high school shop? N class liscence minumum Lock-out procedures for cars with inoperative brakes, steering etc.? options: lock up the key in office disconnect the battery – is this fool-proof? place a “do not start” sign on the steering wheel

29 MSDS yellow binder outside the auto shop office


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