Basic Shop Safety

[Tony@UEC]

Hey guys:

can anyone give me a quick rundown of some of the basic safety measures that are enforced in your shop?

what kind of safety rules are imposed onto your employees and all that good stuff. is there any equipment that you guys purchase especially for the safety of employees?

btw, in my shop u get glasses. thats it.

[trubleshtr]

We wear hearing protection, steel toed boots, safety glasses. As well as, gloves of many diff. styles, we have aprons and arm sleeves that go over exsisting clothes to protect against coolants.
Other than that we follow the safety guidles for automation cells, robots,assembly line systems as laid out by the Gov. Enforced by our own internal health and safety comm.

By the way Welcome to the "zone"

[Tony@UEC]

We wear hearing protection, steel toed boots, safety glasses. As well as, gloves of many diff. styles, we have aprons and arm sleeves that go over exsisting clothes to protect against coolants.
Other than that we follow the safety guidles for automation cells, robots,assembly line systems as laid out by the Gov. Enforced by our own internal health and safety comm.

By the way Welcome to the "zone"

when u say the government, what agency would that be? excuse my ignorance.

thanks

[trubleshtr]

We have a few agencys as it were in canada,Ministry of labour. Ocupational health and safety act/code. would be the 2 big references for organizations to follow.

[ImanCarrot]

It's entirely a personal choice, but I take off all jewelry (watch, ring, Necklace). Take my tie off and never machine with sleeves rolled down. Toe- tectors are a must, face mask for cutting plasic, Full Face guard (imho better than eyeglasses).

[Tolk]

Where I work common sense is the rule. You should know when you should be wearing glasses, gloves ,earplugs..etc, All safety stuff is on hand and availaible without question. Leather boots ARE required the company will reimburse for steel toes. most folks opt out of that benefit since most parts we deal with outrate the steel toe.
I guess it all depends on the shop.
and the insurance....I won't even get into that scam

[5 axis jt]

You should report all and any injuries to your shift supervisor, no headphones in the shop, safety glasses must be worn at all times, lifting procedures, oil leaks must be told to your shift supervisor, any horseplaying must stop because 1 person might think its funny but the other may not, continued safety warnings is cause for a write up, get the shop to look out for the other guy when working and notify him if he thinks that is an unsafe method of working, have a 2 team person shop and reward the employees at the end of the month because that is alot cheaper then a medical bill? Post signs around the shop, no visitors in the shop and if needed they must wear safety glasses, keep work area neat and clean at all times, no ext. cords on the floor, notify employees at the end of the month on how many days without any work injuries. i run an aerospace machine shop and this is just a part of my rules we follow!

[FiXeL]

Where to start...

- Hearing protection on at all costs! Even if you're not about to make a racket, your co-workers will, and probably won't tell you it's coming.
- Safety Glasses on at all costs! You have only one pair of eyes, so you might want to keep it that way.
- Tuck in long hair or wear a ponytail!
- Don't wear rings, bracelets or watches... anything that can snag.
- NEVER disable safety locks on the machines!
- Savety shoes with noses
- No gloves when operating a machine!
- Clean up oil spills immediatly! no fun slipping on those.
- Keep your workplace neat and tidy
- Not sure about correct tool number/length/radius/offset? CHECK AND CHECK AGAIN
- Simulate your programs if you are working on a single workpiece
- Warn your co-workers if you think they are not working safely
- Warn your supervisor if your co-worker still ignores your warnings
- Keep your mind on the job

I could mention a few more, but it all comes to good sense and responcibility when you are working with machine tools.

[arie kabaalstra]

FiXeL,

that's a good list, but:

- Hearing protection on at all costs! Even if you're not about to make a racket, your co-workers will, and probably won't tell you it's coming.

in the toolshop i used to work in, we had a procedure originating from the army.
whenever someone was about to generate a lot of noise he would warn everyone in advance,
this doesn't make earplugs unneccesary, but it would surely eliminate the "JC Factor", in other words, if you know a loud bang is about to happen, it won't scare the crap out of you, and you wouldn't crash the tool you were just calibrating that very moment..