Think Safety
Think Safety
MADE IN USA
TOOL STORAGE UNIT ( boxes , chests , cabinets )
• 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 .
• Do not stand or climb on drawers .
• Do not open more than one drawer at a time .
• Never pull your tool storage unit . Always push so you can see the direction you are traveling and avoid obstacles . Move tool storage units in a controlled manner on smooth , level surfaces .
• Never use a tool storage unit for an anvil , workbench , ladder , or similar purpose .
• Do not stand on tool boxes , tool chests or tool cabinets .
• Do not overload drawers .
• Do not move a tool storage unit without locking or securing all drawers or lids .
• Never leave tools unattended on top of a tool storage unit .
• Make sure that wheels on tool storage units turn freely .
• Set the brakes on locking casters when the storage unit is at the work area .
WRENCHES
• 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 .
• 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 .
• Wrenches are to be used by hand only . Do not use cheater bars or any other means of increasing leverage . The only wrenches that can be struck with a hammer are striking wrenches .
• Never use wrenches for prying or as a hammer .
• Never expose any wrench to excessive heat , which may change the hardness or microstructure and ruin the tool .
• Wrenches are to be used to turn ( tighten and loosen ) 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 wrench , do not use metric wrenches on inch fasteners or inch wrenches on metric fasteners , because the fit is not good enough .
• Always be sure to fully seat an open-end wrench on the nut or bolt .
• Adjustable wrenches need to be tightly adjusted to fit the nut with the force applied to the fixed jaw . Never use adjustable wrenches for the initial breaking loose of a “ frozen ” fastener or for final tightening .
• Pipe wrenches are designed to turn or hold pipe ; never use a pipe wrench to bend , raise or lift a pipe . Do not use pipe wrenches on square stock .
• Inspect each pipe wrench or adjustable wrench before use for worn or broken teeth , thumbscrews or jaws and discard if deteriorated .
• Inspect and discard bent , worn or cracked wrenches .
• Wrench opening configurations shall be inspected before each use and their use discontinued at the first sign of significant wrenching surface deterioration .
• Wrenches shall not be used when jaws are sprung to the point slippage may occur .
STRIKING WRENCHES
• 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 .
• Striking wrenches are special-purpose tools designed and intended only for use with heavy-duty fasteners where shock or impact is needed to fully tighten or loosen .
• A striking tool shall always be used with the striking face parallel to the struck face of the wrench . Glancing blows , overstrikes and understrikes need to be avoided . No surface of the wrench other than the struck face shall be struck . The striking tool of the appropriate size shall have a striking face diameter not less than 3 / 8 " larger than the struck face of the wrench .
• Users shall apply a controlled force with a stance adjusted and braced to prevent rapid bodily movement or a fall if sudden release occurs .
• Striking wrenches shall not be used with “ cheater ” pipes or other means to extend the length of the tool .
• Striking wrenches shall be inspected prior to each use and their use discontinued at the first sign of bending of the shank or chipping or cracking of the box end or struck block . Deformation of the wrenching configuration may occur from tool usage .
• Striking wrenches shall be inspected prior to each use and their use discontinued at the first sign of significant wrenching surface deterioration .
• At the first indication of mushrooming , the struck face and struck face chamfer of the striking wrench shall be redressed to its original contour by the use of a hand file or whetstone .
• Except the struck face , no area , section , or portion of the striking wrench shall be ground , welded , treated by reheating , or otherwise altered from the original condition as furnished by the manufacturer .
• Care shall be exercised to prevent the wrench from dislodging from the fastener or nut while being impacted .
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