No matter which manufacturing subindustry you work in, more than likely your job involves working with tools. Whenever you work with hand and cutting tools, you need to follow certain safety guidelines to avoid workplace accidents.
Learning Objectives
- Identify tool hazards
- Explain hand tool safety guidelines
- Follow cutting tool safety guidelines
- Maintain hand tools
Power tools require a few more safety precautions than hand tools. Following additional guidelines when working with all types of power tools goes a long way toward keeping you safe in the workplace.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how guards and safety devices work
- Identify power tool hazards
- Explain power tool safety guidelines
- Protect yourself while working with electric tools
- Follow pneumatic tool safety guidelines
Working with sheet metal can be dangerous due to the nature of the material. Welding and cutting sheet metal involves using compressed gases to produce a high temperature flame. In this course, you will discover everything you need to know to safely work with sheet metal and compressed gases.
Learning Objectives
- Know sheet metal safety guidelines
- Follow safety guidelines to store, use, and transport compressed gas cylinders
Whenever you use machines, you risk machinery-related injuries, such as crushed hands, severed limbs, and blindness. However, you can follow safety guidelines and use machine guards to help protect yourself from dangerous machine motions and action.
Learning Objectives
- Describe clothing safety guidelines
- Follow machine operation safety guidelines
- Identify hazardous mechanical motions and actions
- Understand the requirements for safeguards
Different types of safety devices help prevent injury while operating a machine. Each type of safety device plays a special role in keeping you safe, whether it is by stopping the machine or preventing your hands from reaching into a certain area while the machine is operating.
Learning Objectives
- Explain the general types of safety devices
- Recognize the limitations of each type of safety device
- Understand how an emergency stop device works