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• When using chisels, the cutting edge must be pointed away from
the user and any bystanders. Keep hands away from the cutting
edge. • Never use a C-clamp to secure loads on moving vehicles.
• Chisels and punches must not be used for prying or wedging, and
no surface of the punch or chisel can be struck other than the
struck face. • Never use a C-clamp to hoist or support any scaffolding.
• Chisels, punches, and pry bars shall be inspected before each
use and their use discontinued at the first sign of excessive wear,
chipping, cracking, bending or mushrooming of any surfaces.
• Never use a chisel or punch with a mushroomed struck face, a
bent stem, or a chipped, dull or deformed cutting edge or point.
• Never use a C-clamp as a safety eye hold.
• Never weld any parts of a C-clamp to other metal objects.
• Store C-clamps by clamping them in a rack, not in a drawer.
MISCELLANEOUS TOOLS & ACCESSORIES
• 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.
• Never hammer a pry bar or use a pry bar as a hammer. • 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.
• No area, section, or portion of a chisel, punch, or pry bar shall
be ground, welded, reheated, or otherwise altered from its
original shape. • Users shall apply a controlled force with a stance adjusted and
braced to prevent rapid bodily movement or a fall if sudden
release occurs.
• Users shall apply a controlled force with a stance adjusted and
braced to prevent rapid bodily movement or a fall if sudden
release occurs. Users need to take extra care when using pry
bars to avoid bar slippage. Users must also avoid bodily strain
when using pry bars. • Never hammer or pry with scrapers, utility knives or extractors.
Never use scrapers or utility knives as screwdrivers.
• The point end diameter of the starter punch or pin punch must
approximate the size of the work piece. • Hacksaw blades shall be taut. Do not use dull saw blades. Keep
free hand away from the saw blade when sawing.
• Pin punches must not be used as a starting (solid) punch. • No area, section or portion of hacksaws, utility knives, scrapers or
extractors shall be ground, welded, heated or altered from their
original condition.
• Drift or lining punches are special purpose tools intended for
aligning and sizing holes and must not be used for driving metal
or other hard objects.
C-CLAMPS
• 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.
• When striking a punch or chisel, the striking face of the proper
hammer must have a diameter at least 3/8" larger than the
struck face of the chisel or punch. A hammer blow must be
struck squarely with the hammer face parallel with the struck
face of the chisel or punch. Avoid glancing blows.
• Never use a C-clamp with chain, strap, cable or hook to lift or
move a load or work object.
• Keep blades of utility knives and razor scrapers retracted in the
housing except during use. Do not use dull blades. Keep free
hand away from cutting edge.
• Prior to each use, hacksaws, utility knives, scrapers and
extractors shall be inspected and their use discontinued at the
first sign of bending or wear.
• Do not open tape measure cases. The tape is under spring
tension.
• Control the retraction of the measuring tape to prevent injury to
hands or other bodily parts.
• Select C-clamps of proper size and capacity to handle the job.
• Always inspect clamps before using. Never use a C-clamp with:
- Bent, twisted or cracked frame
- Badly worn threads on spindle
- Bent or cracked spindle
- Swivel pads badly worn, not turning freely, or missing from spindle
• Never use a hammer or pipe extension to tighten a C-clamp; only
tighten to prevent slippage. If a wrench is used on a C-clamp, do
not exceed the recommended “nominal clamping pressure.”
• Never use a C-clamp as a permanent holding device; always use
a clamp only as a temporary holding tool.
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