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Kansas City Woodworkers’ Guild

Shop Qualification and SafetyProgram

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The First thing you should think about is

Shop Safety………. or the last thing you 

will talk about is your accident.

Your Safety Attitude will drive your behavior! 

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Safety Committee Members

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• Chuck Slagle - Chair• Scott Engelmann• Kara Paris• Robert Young• Jim Stuart

• Pat Brown• Ron Lomax• Cliff Bell• Kevin McAndrew

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Safety Program Goals & Objectives

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• Educate members in the safe operation of the Guild’s

woodworking power tools.

• Encourage and promote a safe woodworking attitudes andbehaviors by all members when pursuing their woodworkingactivities in the guild wood shop or at home.

• Educate Guild members to use the safest woodworkingtechniques.

• Promote the use of personal protective equipment

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Safety Program Elements

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Contractual Transfer of Risk

• Required to operate the shop power

equipment.

• Sign the form during safety orientation

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Safety Program Elements

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The ongoing safety education program will have safety

elements incorporated into each presentation and in educationclasses.

The test will be posted in the safety section of the webpage.

The safety section of the Guild web site has been updated

Power tool safety rule sheets will be in the shop and inthe safety section of the web page.

Informational “Shop Safety Tips” are available on

various safety topics.

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Safety

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Anyone working or visiting in the shop area shall have

safety glasses with side shields on in the shop.

• Any one working or visiting in the shop area isencouraged to have hearing protection.

• A face shield over safety glasses is recommended for alathe, bench grinder or any other similar tool.

• The guild will have some PPE available for use in theshop.

• The guild will sell safety glasses, ear muffs and faceshields.

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Program Administration

• The safety committee willoversee the program.

• The shop foreman willprovide ongoing

administration andoperational responsibility.

• All records will be keptelectronically

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After June 1, anyone wanting to use the Guild wood shop will have to

complete the following: Complete Safety Orientation Successfully pass an open book multiple choice test

Sign the Transfer of Risk documentSuccessful completion will be noted by a green background on the

name tag. Everyone, regardless of experience will have to complete the itemsabove. If you do not want to use the shop, you do not have to do any of

the items above.

Within 60 days of placing a new piece of power equipment into

service, the member must complete a safety orientation on the newpower tool and pass a test related to that power tool or lose shop all

privileges until completing the safety orientation & Test on the new powertool.

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Safety Observation Process

• We will use a proactive approach to increasing safety awareness in the KC

woodworkers’ guild shop.

• Each member is encouraged to provide ongoing, two-way performance

feedback. Every member should provide positive and constructive feedbackto each member.

• The observation and feedback process provides visibility and control over

the activities in the guild wood shop by calling attention to safe and unsafeacts.

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What if I forget the safety rules?• Our objective is to have a safe and fun shop, but we do have

consequences for repeated unsafe behaviors.

• You will be warned, but repeated disregard of any safety rule willcause the loss of your shop privileges.

• The green name tag will be pulled

• A member will lose privileges of the use of the whole shop for

repeated safety violations.

• The safety committee reviews the reasons and circumstances of

the loss of shop privileges to determine if or when the members shopprivileges can be reinstated.

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When will we begin?

•We need more Foreman!! – See the sign-up sheet

• Safety Orientation and test dates will start in May for theforeman and members.

• Dates will be distributed in emails and in Wood Words