• addictedtochaos@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    dont ever wear gloves when working with rotating or moving saws. the gloves will force your hand into the saw.

    i am a regular guest on a clinic ward that specializes in hand surgery. people with severed fingers or half of a hand missing always tell me the same story: the glove forced my hand into the sawblade.

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      2 months ago

      Hi, I’m, among other things, an industrial safety guy.

      It’s understandable not to know this, but I’m industry there’s a standard practice of locking out equipment that’s being maintained. Either by physically placing a lock on the power box or by simply putting the plug to the device in your pocket for smaller equipment. And then ensuring that all the energy in the equipment has been exhausted and that the machine cannot be started.

      This is the subject of one of many annual trainings for everyone in any given facility.

      When changing blades or cleaning equipment, it would be standard that it’s locked out during this process. So wearing gloves and presumably arm guards to protect against laceration when working with blades would be not only acceptable but I imagine expected.

      Most of us have seen the “lathe video.” We know.

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        2 months ago

        yes, that makes sense, i failed to understandt this part, the glove thing only applies to moving blades and discgrinder, oh, dont forget lathes and drill presses.

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          2 months ago

          But in general you are absolutely right. No gloves for work at rotating equipment