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PLIERS SHEARS & SNIPS
• • Users and bystanders must wear safety goggles. • • 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 pliers shall not be
used on or near live electric circuits. • • 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.
PLIERS & SNIPS SAFETY
• • Users shall apply a controlled force with a stance adjusted and
braced to prevent rapid bodily movement or a fall if sudden
release occurs.
• • Choose the right plier for the job.
• • Pliers shall not be used for cutting hardened wire unless
specifically designed for this purpose.
• • When cutting wire, always cut at right angles. Never rock
from side to side or bend the wire back and forth against the
cutting edges.
• • Don’t bend stiff wire with light pliers. Select the proper size plier.
• • Pliers shall not be used on nuts or bolts. A wrench will do the job
better and with less risk of damage to the fastener.
• • Oil pliers occasionally at the joint only. Take care to keep the
handles clean for a secure grip.
• • Never use a plier for prying, punching, chiseling, scoring or
scraping.
• • Never hammer on pliers and never use a plie