Legal Responsibilities

Legal Responsibilities

1. Personal safety

   • Closed in shoes
   • Leather shoes
   • Tied up hair
   • No lose clothing
   • Remove jewllery
   • Ear protection if necessary
   • Safety spectacles
   • Dust mask if necessary
   • Follow the safety, caution and hazard signs displayed at each machine
   • check power cords and outlets for any damage before the use of power tools

2. Workshop safety

   • No running in the workshop
   • Appropriate behaviour in the workshop
   • Stay outside the yellow guide lines while a machine is in use
   • Maintain a tidy workshop, keep materials and equipment stacked or put away neatly
   • Machines are to be used by one person at a time
   • Seek permission of the workshop supervisor before the use of machinery
   • Be trained in, or demonstrate, the proper use of machinery and equipment
   • Follow safety, caution and hazard signs displayed at each machine

3. Design safety

   • Four legs for increased stability
   • Mortise and tenon joints provide a long lasting and strong joint when combined with PVA glue
   • hooks are bent in an upwards direction to reduce hazards
   • Protruding legs at the base don't stick at too much
   • Non toxic substances used in protective coating
   • Mechanical fasteners are not protruding from the surface
   • Sanded finish to give a smooth surface, reducing protruding bits of timber
   • Rounded edges and corners