Think Safety
HAND SOCKETS, HANDLES & ATTACHMENTS
• Users and bystanders must wear safety goggles. • Never dwell on a socket after it has stopped running. This can
damage both the socket and the fastener.
• 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. • Place the socket all the way on the fastener before starting the
gun.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
wren