Safety

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Safety
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Dress and Appearance
I Ron fix your Chevy

• Loose clothing
• shirts tucked
• Sleeves buttoned or rolled

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Do you look like a Technician of the 90s or a
Mechanic of the 70s ?
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Your appearance is a reflection of your pride
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Hair

• Long hair tied
• or put under cap

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You will get the level of job that you look like

• Is he going to work on my 20,000 dollar car?

What about visiting employers?
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Jewelry
Zap!!!

• Watches
• Rings
• Bracelets

Have you ever seen a mechanic with a missing
finger?
Electrical short to ground!
Zap!!!
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Your Eyes

• Injuries are usually permanent
• OSHA approved safety glasses
• Side shields
• Face shields
• Air guns
• Metal chips
• Co-workers

Soldering
Grinders
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Shop Equipment

• An employee must be very observant of the
  equipment he/she is using.
• Report or fix any equipment that is in need of
  repair for your safety and others

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Electrical Cords

• Frayed
• shocked . . . wet floor
• Plug ins
• three prongs
• for a good ground
• Carefully string cords so they dont get tripped
  over

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Air Equipment

• Keep hoses in good repair
• Blow guns
• pointing at someone
• Safety glasses
• Skin cuts
• Spinning bearings

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Vehicles in the shop

• Windows down!
• Parking brake!
• In park!

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Backing vehicles out of the shop
I didnt see it. . . . Really
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Spills

• Clean up right away
• Socks
• Cat litter
• Empty drain pan as soon as possible
• in approve containers

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Creepers

• Never leave them laying on the floor
• stand them up
• place under the vehicle
• Always keep walkways clear between cars
• creepers, tools cords, spills

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Hoists

• New hoists
• bounce the car from all four corners
• after lifting the car 6
• Always have a 2nd person guiding you on and off
  the hoist
• Double check all lift points
• Ask when not sure

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Jacking a vehicle

• Look up the correct lift points
• Floor cracks when lifting the 2nd half of the car
• Never fully extend a jack stand

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Lifting
Your 1 in diameter back bone
is all there is
Never lift this way
Use your knees
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Batteries

• Hydrogen fumes
• When?
• Charging
• Discharging
• Hydrogen Bomb?
• Negative cable 1st off - last on

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Batteries

• Before disconnecting a battery
• have all accessories off
• Hood lights etc..
• Blow across the battery
• Memory saver

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Batteries

• If a battery blows up
• Flush eyes
• flush flush flush flush flush flush flush flush
• You will need help
• Then worry about the acid on the car
• or another student can jump on that
• Tools on a battery
• Using tools near a battery

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Battery Chargers

• How much to charge?
• How long to charge?
• What about a stone dead battery?
• What about the gasses from the battery

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Engine Fans and Belts

• Never stand in line with them with the engine
  running

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Using a remote starter switch

• a tool

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The results of loss of concentration while
working on a customers car
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Teams

• I thought you put the cotter key in
• No
• I thought you did. . . . . . .

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Do you carry tools in you back pocket?
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Never leave a drop light on the carpet, on a seat
or on the plastic dash
60 watts max..
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Shop Ventilation

• Carbon Monoxide

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Fire Extinguishers

• Where are they?
• What type to use for what?
• How do you use one?

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Electrical Fires
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Air Bags
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ABS
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Close your eyes

• Imagine

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What would it be like to go through life knowing
that your actions resulted in the permanent
disability or even the death of one of your
customers or co-workers

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Do not hesitate to say sometime to another
student who is not
being safe
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