Exam 2: General Safety Practices

Developing a(n) ____ to take care of your tools pays great dividends.

We must guard ourselves not only against being cut, but also against such dangers as wood dust, noise, hazardous fumes, lifting injuries, and fire.

____ is a special concern for any individual spending time in a woodshop.

____ are safety devices designed for use with specific tools; they keep the operator's hands from getting dangerously close to spinning blades, bits, and cutters.

A ____ stick is a shaped wood or plastic device that allows the operator to move material past the blade without putting his fingers into the danger zone.

A person who is regularly exposed to ____ decibels for a period of more than one minute risks permanent hearing loss.

To cut down on the time you spend picking splinters out of your hands, keep a pair of ____ in your tool kit, and do not hesitate to put them on when moving material in bulk.

The shop first-aid kit should contain at a minimum splinter tweezers, needles, providone-iodine solution, latex gloves, instant ice packs, clean plastic bags, asthma inhaler, eye cup, eye wash, small mirror, Band-Aids, 4" ´ 4" gauze pads, butterfly bandages, scissors, and tape.

Power tools should be allowed to reach full speed before cutters come into contact with the stock.

Many woodworkers who are badly injured in the shop have been working in the trade for some time.