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Woodworking equipment hse. These woodworking safety rules are designed to be easy to remember and are mostly common sense. Hse s safe maintenance health check provides a question list which can help you in undertaking safe maintenance while there is also a short video forming part of the current european campaign on safe maintenance. Vertical spindle moulders. Safe stacking of sawn timber and board materials.
Woodworking information sheets circular saw poster. Supervising for safety in the woodworking industry. Woodworking can be a safe and enjoyable hobby or vocation if you follow some basic woodworking safety rules. Start shopping online for woodworking machines and woodworking tools or find a showroom near you.
By following a few common sense rules you can decrease the risk of serious injury. Safe use of woodworking machinery provision and use of work equipment regulations 1998 as applied to woodworking machinery. The wood recycling industry. Industrial timber treatment plants.
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Around two thirds of all accidents occur on just three types of machine. The wood shop is not the place to be in a hurry or have an it won t happen to me attitude. Hse books 44 0 333 202 5070. Making sure you have the complete woodworking tools is a good thing to ensure effective and efficient work.
Work equipment may need to be constructed or adapted in a way that takes account of the risks associated with maintenance work. All of the rules are common sense ideas but failure to follow these rules will greatly increase the chance of injury when working with your tools. Woodworking can be a dangerous hobby. Woodworking is among one of the safest and enjoyable hobbies you can do provided you adhere to a set of rudimentary and easy to follow safety rules.
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