1. General Shop Safety Attire and Appearance

2. Clothing  Roll long sleeves up above the elbow.  This will keep your clothes clean and prevent the material from getting caught in the tool you are working with.  Roll long sleeves up above the elbow.  This will keep your clothes clean and prevent the material from getting caught in the tool you are working with.

3. Foot Protection  To prevent injuries NEVER wear shoes with open toes while working in the shop.

4. Foot Protection (Shoe Soles)  Make sure the soles of your shoes are thick enough to prevent nails from puncturing them.

5. Foot Protection (Steel Toes)  The best way to protect your feet from being crushed is to use foot ware that has a cap built in which covers the toes.

6. Poor Foot Ware Choices…

7. Jewelry  Don’t wear necklaces that may become entangled  Take off rings to keep your fingers from getting caught  Remove watches or bracelets  Don’t wear necklaces that may become entangled  Take off rings to keep your fingers from getting caught  Remove watches or bracelets

8. Take your ring off or it may take your finger…

9. Long hair  Tie it back so it can not hang over the tool you are working with.

10. Face Ripped Off… A surgical team in India reattached the face of a girl who sustained a severe avulsion injury (her face was ripped off when her hair became caught in a machine) to her face in 1994.