As part of a campaign focused on health and safety, the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has published a series of tips to help create a better safety culture in the ECI, including safety tips when using hand tools.
With health and safety training being one of the key contributors in helping reduce accidents and lost-time incidents on sites, the ECITB’s industry-led CCNSG (Client Contractor National Safety Group) Safety Passport course helps to develop a positive health and safety culture, where safe and healthy working becomes second nature to everyone.
Here are a series of tips from the CCNSG course to help keep you and your colleagues safe in the ECI when using hand tools.
Use of hand tools
- All tools should be checked regularly by the user and supervisors. If you are not certain how to use a tool you must tell your supervisor.
- When using power tools that are designed to be fitted with guards, the guards must be fitted correctly prior to the use of the tool.
- Power tools must be isolated from the power source before any routine adjustments are carried out (e.g. when replacing discs).
- The correct fuse rating must be used for all electric tools.
- Supervisors should ensure that equipment and tools are properly maintained and repaired, that correct working methods are followed and that no unsafe practices are tolerated.
- Employees must use tools in the correct manner and for the correct job, using the safety devices and equipment provided, and report conditions they believe to be dangerous.
The ECITB plays a vital role in ensuring Britain has workers with the skills industry needs both now and for the future.
This includes the essential health and safety skills and knowledge to keep both workers and their colleagues safe when operating in some of the most safety-critical environments in industry.
Find out more about the CCNSG Safety Passport and how to book a course
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