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HAND SOCKETS, HANDLES &
ATTACHMENTS IMPACT SOCKETS
• • Users and bystanders must wear safety goggles. • • To avoid possible eye injury from flying objects, safety goggles
or equivalent protection conforming to ANSI Z87.1 shall be worn
and kept clean by the user and all persons in the immediate area
where any tool is being used.
• • To avoid possible eye injury from flying objects, safety goggles
or equivalent protection conforming to ANSI Z87.1 shall be worn
and kept clean by the user and all persons in the immediate area
where any tool is being used.
• • Comfort or plastic grips on handles are not intended to give any
degree of protection against electric shock and shall not be used
on or near live electric circuits.
• • Users and bystanders must wear safety goggles.
• • Do not hold impact sockets, universal joints or extensions while
an impact tool is running. Serious hand injury can occur.
• • 3/4” drive and larger drive size impact sockets require the use of a
ret ring or a Pin & O-ring to secure the socket to the driving square.
SOCKETS SAFETY
• • Never use hand sockets or hand attachments on power drivers,
impact drivers or hydraulic drivers. Black industrial sockets, Torx ®
sockets and Torx ® bit sockets are designed and finished to be
hand sockets – not impact.
• • Never use cheater bars to increase handle leverage.
• • Never hammer on a ratchet or handle.
• • Never use ratchets or other handles as a hammer or pry bar.
• • Hand sockets are to be attached to ratchets and handles and
used by hand to turn fasteners.
• • Users shall apply a controlled force with a stance adjusted and
braced to prevent rapid bodily movement or a fall if sudden
release occurs.
• • Use the correct size socket, do not use metric sockets on inch
fasteners or inch sockets on metric fasteners, because the fit is
not good enough. Do not use hex sockets on square fasteners or
square sockets on hex fasteners.
• • Place the socket all the way on the fastener.
• • Adaptor strength is limited to the smallest drive square member.
• • Never use sockets as a driver for hex or square bits or shafts.
• • Inspect and discard bent, worn or cracked sockets, handles or
attachments.
• • Socket opening configurations shall be inspected before each
use and their use discontinued at the first sign of significant
wrenching surface deterioration.
ASME B107.110 – Socket Wrenches
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• • Never use a nail or homemade pin for holding a socket in place.
• • Never exceed the manufacturer’s gun pressure rating.
• • Impact sockets are to be used to turn (tighten or loosen) fasteners
while being driven by a power, impact or hydraulic driver.
• • Never dwell on a socket after it has stopped running. This can
damage both the socket and the fastener.
• • Place the socket all the way on the fastener before starting
the gun.
• • Adaptor strength is limited to the smallest drive square member.
• • Mind the joints between the gun and fasteners for less loss of
torque and less wear.
• • Use the correct size socket, do not use metric sockets on inch
fasteners or inch sockets on metric fasteners, because the fit is
not good enough. Do not use hex sockets on square fasteners or
square sockets on hex fasteners.
• • Never use sockets as a driver for hex or square bits or shafts.
• • Large drive impact sockets are inherently heavy and care needs
to be taken during handling.
• • Socket opening configurations shall be inspected before each
use and their use discontinued at the first sign of significant
wrenching surface deterioration.
• • Inspect and discard worn or cracked sockets.
ASME B107.300 – Torque Instruments