1. General Shop Safety
Attire and Appearance

2. Clothing Roll long sleeves up above the elbow.
This will keep your clothes clean and prevent the material from getting caught in the tool you are working with.

3. Other Attire
Ear buds
Headphones
Neckties
Not Allowed at any time!

4. Foot Protection
To prevent injuries NEVER wear shoes with open toes while working in the shop.

5. Foot Protection (Shoe Soles)
Make sure the soles of your shoes are thick enough to prevent nails from puncturing them.

6. Long hair
Tie it back so it can not hang over the tool you are working with.

7. Electrical Injury
You can never tell when contact with electricity will be fatal, but it will always hurt.
Electric shock can cause muscle spasms, weakness, shallow breathing, rapid pulse, severe burns, unconsciousness, or possibly death.

8. Electrical Cords
DO NOT USE cords with cracks, frays, or holes in plugs
Worn cords can cause a fire, shocks, or short circuits.

9. Electrical Cords
Never break off the third prong from a three prong plug, to make it fit in a two prong outlet.

10. Outlets
When removing a plug from an outlet, pull it by the plug, not the cord
Pulling the cord will wear it out quickly and create a shock hazard

11. Eye & Face Protection…
When working with wood there is always a chance of flying particles that can hit either your eyes or your face.
When working with a chemical that may splash into your eyes you need to wear safety glasses.

12. Safety glasses
Safety glasses are the simplest type of eye protection to wear.
Safety glasses should cover both the front and sides of your eyes.

13. Face shields Face shields can be worn with safety glasses or goggles.
Face shields guard your entire face not just your eyes.

14. Contact lenses and Prescription glasses
Contact lenses and prescription glasses don’t protect your eyes.
If you wear contact lenses, fine dust can get under the contact lens and injure your eye.

15. Fire Hazards…
Hazard: Sawdust, wood chips, flammable solvents and oils are combined with tools that can generate heat and sparks
The possibility that a fire could occur in a wood shop is very real.

16. Fires need Fuel Good work practices can do a lot to prevent fires
Keep the shop clean, by regularly removing sawdust you eliminate a fuel source.

17. Fires need Fuel
When using solvents or stains keep the containers closed when you are not pouring liquids out of them.
Make sure containers are stored with lids closed inside of a fire resistant storage cabinet.

18. Fires need Fuel
Waste rags covered with oils or solvents should be placed in a safety container
Empty the container at the end of the day

19. Fire Extinguishers
A fire extinguisher contains an extinguishing agent such as water or chemicals
Designed to put out small fires not big ones

20. Fire Extinguishers
An extinguisher is labeled for certain types of fires
They may be for wood & cloth, flammable liquids, electrical, or metal sources

21. Fire Extinguishers
Labels are used to show the type of fire the extinguisher is for

22. Fire Extinguishers
Pictures may show what type of fire on which an extinguisher can be used.
Pictures with red slashes are fires on which the extinguisher is NOT to be used

23. Chemicals…
Chemical products are used to protect wood and enhance its look
Some can be hazardous to you and to the environment

24. Information… Before using chemicals read the label
Look up the Safety Data Sheet, (SDS)
SDS will give you more detailed safety information about the chemical product

25. Flammables…
Flammables can catch fire when exposed to an ignition source
Work in a fume hood or spray booth
Store these in containers with lids
Keep them stored in a cabinet for flammable materials

26. Examples of flammable products
Lacquer thinner
Turpentine
Oil based paints
Wood stains
Varnish
Shellac
Lacquer
Mineral Spirits

27. Toxic Materials These can affect you in many negative ways
Affects your nervous system
Headaches, dizziness, asthma attacks, cancer, and more
Avoid getting these products on your skin
Avoid inhaling toxic fumes by working

28. Corrosives Destroy skin, clothes, and metal
Vapors may irritate or burn your lungs if inhaled
Wear gloves and eye protection

29. Hazardous Waste Can damage the environment or people
Always dispose of them safely and legally
Never pour them down the drain or onto the ground

30. Two types of hearing hazards…
A noise that is too loud for your ear to handle (like an explosion)
Loud continuous noises of different loudness levels over a period of time.

31. How loud is too loud? A whispered voice is about 20 decibels
If a sound reaches 85 dB or stronger it can cause permanent hearing damage

32. How loud is too loud?
Compare the intensity of some sounds with those found in a wood shop

33. Personal hearing protection…
Reduce your exposure to harmful noise
Should allow you to hear machine warnings and voices

34. Earplugs Made of light and comfortable material
Can fit into the ear itself
Come from foam cylinders to customized plugs

35. Earmuffs Cushioned and cupped ear coverings attached to a headband
It may be necessary to wear both earplugs and earmuffs simultaneously

36. Cleaning Work Areas… Do not use compressed air or your hands
Air can blow particles or sawdust into your eyes
Using hands can lead to cuts or splinters
Use a hand brush