Any job can be productive and enjoyable as long as you follow the basic ground rules of safety. It is strange how man always ignores his own mortality. People do not stop smoking inspite of knowing that it can causing cancer, because they do not believe it will happen to them. ‘It wouldn’t happen to me’ is what they keep telling themselves.

Similarly, you will see that most accidents, whether on the road or in the course of doing a job happen because people take unnecessary chances. For example, they will go to the table saw without their safety glasses, thinking that nothing will happen as this job just takes a few seconds to complete. However, it is in that second that something gets in your eyes which could even leave you blind.

Hence, be careful that you follow the minimum rules of safety while doing any woodwork, especially when you are around power wood working machinery.

Follow these Safety Tips

Hair – always ensure that you tie up your hair to prevent it from falling on your face and flowing into the wood working machinery, which needless to say, would be fatal. There have been instances where the man got killed or maimed because a single strand of hair got caught in the wood working machinery and pulled him towards it.

Safety Glasses – there should be no exception ever to the rules of wearing safety glasses while around wood working machinery. Particularly, with woodwork, it is very easy for particles of sawdust, wood and even metal chips to fly and get embedded in the unprotected eye. It is definitely better to wear safety glasses than take such a chance.

Clothes- Wear appropriate clothes when you are in a woodworking workshop. Ensure that you wear clothes that are comfortable enough without being too loose and overflowing. Like hair, loose clothing too can get caught in power wood working machinery with terrible consequences. It is also advisable that you remove your jewelry such as bracelets and even rings. This is because while using the wood working machinery the rings may get bent or scratched, while things like bracelets may be caught in the machines.

Space- Do not allow clutter in the workshop. It is very important that a woodworking workshop be kept clutter free to the largest extent possible. You risk fire when solvents are left open and uncared for all over the place. You risk serious injury when things are left littering the floor, because anything can make you trip and fall – and imagine what could happen if you fall while you have a running power wood working machinery in your hands.