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...as a Maintenance Pro reading your own blog. But, amazingly, many Maintenance Pros don't always have the luxury of hiring technicians already trained, already familiar with tools of the trade. One customer of American Trainco was contracting for Electrical Instrumentation training for his staff. But, he needed some very basic information before that. Here's an abbreviated outline for a course dealing with hand tool safety. Contact this blog for further content. It could save your day!

Craft Training Related to the Safe use of Hand Tools


Hand Tool Safety:

1. Introduction and Goals
a. Course Objectives.
b. Fundamental Safety Philosophies.
c. OSHA Regulations covering hand tools
d. Many Accidents Involve Hand Tools
8% of all compensable injuries each year
500,000 people injure their hands, wrists or fingers annually
One out of four "on-the-job" accidents involve hands, wrists, or fingers
e. Examples of hand tool injury and some probable causes
f. The Process of Hazard Recognition
2. Dress Codes
a. Your company’s dress codes and PPE requirements
b. Common Dress Code Requirements
3. Basic Rules for Hand Tool Safety
a. General Safety Precautions
b. Sharp Tool Safety
c. Gripping Tool Safety
d. Impact Tool Safety
e. Leverage Tool Safety
4. Hand tool safety videos and discussion
5. Introduction to Electrical Power Tool Safety (as time permits)
a. Electrical Hazards
b. Cord, Plug, and Cord Set Safety
c. Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter Requirements
6. Final discussion related to Hand Tool Safety
7. Question and Answer Session
8. Optional Written Test

Training is the surest route to Maintenance Proship!