Wood dust - Health hazards and control: Fact sheet

Wood Dust - Health Hazards and Control: Fact Sheet

This guidance note provides advice on minimising the risk to health from exposure to wood dust when handling and working with natural and manufactured (fibre-or particle board, like MDF) wood - Wood Dust - Health Hazards and Control: Fact Sheet

Noise in the wood product manufacturing Industry: fact sheet

Noise in the wood product manufacturing industry. Workers who are exposed to high noise levels may experience serious hearing loss. This loss is gradual and workers often do not realise that their hearing is being damaged.Noise-induced hearing loss is permanent – it can’t be cured or improved.

Personal Protective Equipment in the Wood Products Manufacturing Industry: Fact Sheet

This guidance note provides advice on the use of personal protective equipment in the wood products manufacturing industry.

Preventing nail gun injuries during framing: fact sheet

Incidents have occurred with nail guns in either the ‘one-shot’ mode or ‘bump-fire’ mode, the risk is greatly increased in the ‘bump-fire’ mode.In ‘bump-fire’ mode, the nail gun will automatically fire if the trigger of the nail gun is depressed and the contact tip of the gun is pushed against an object.

Mortising and Tenoning Machines: Hazard Identification

Risk management strategy for mortising and tenoning machines which identifies hazards that can expose a worker to the risk of injury, and records the measures used to remove or reduce the level of risk.

Mortising and tenoning machines: checklist

Mortising and tenoning machines are used in the cutting process to cut a square or rectangular hole and a corresponding tongue to form part of a joint between two timber pieces. This checklist provides information to assist all workers in the safe operation of these machines and to ensure a safer workplace environment.

Wood turning lathe: hazard identification

Hazard identification and risk management strategy for a wood turning lathe.

Wood turning lathe: checklist

Wood-turning checklist provides information to assist all workers in the safe operation of this machine and to ensure a safer workplace environment.

Framing Machine: Checklist

This checklist is to ensure the framing machine is in proper working condition and has the necessary safe guards before workers operate this machine.