Workshop Elf & Safety

[Dibs-h]

Whilst not a huge fan of bureaucracy my recent brush with the NHS has made me pay more attention than I ordinarily would have in the past.

So in terms of first aid type stuff - what should one have in the workshop? This is what came to mind,

- plasters,
- dressings,
- bandages,
- tweezers,
- eyewash & saline (assuming you don't have running water),

- in the past someone mentioned some type of granules that stem blood flow rapid, what are they? (BSM mentioned them I think)
- something as a tourniquet (if using power tools, I think it would be a good idea as pulling the belt out of your pants one handed might be a tad bit hard).

Obviously "lone worker" good practices might be a good idea for discussion as well.

Cheers

Dibs

 

[monkeybiter]

Small mirror to see the sawdust/splinter in your eye?
Telephone/intercom to summon help?

 

[Mike.C]

Small mirror to see the sawdust/splinter in your eye?
Telephone/intercom to summon help?

Telephone is a must Mike, well chosen, and have who ever you want to contact on speed dial, as you do not want do dial a whole number if you are bleeding to death.

Cheers

Mike

 

[houtslager]

yep mobile on yer belt ALL THE TIME! Put ICE - in case of emergency - and the number you want, this will save a LOT OF TIME AND HASSLE

hth,

karl

 

[RogerS]

It's Celox although I'm not 100% sure that it can staunch arterial bleeding...sorry ...jet. I'm lucky in that my current client is a Doctor who served in the TA in Iraq and has given me a battlefield dressing designed precisely for that.

 

[lurker]

This is not H&S - this is accident mitigation.

By all means do as you propose, but put far more effort into ensuring to don't injury yourself in th first place

If you go to HSE website & then look under woodworking there is some good advice there.

 

[Dibs-h]

This is not H&S - this is accident mitigation.

By all means do as you propose, but put far more effort into ensuring to don't injury yourself in th first place

If you go to HSE website & then look under woodworking there is some good advice there.

I understand what you mean - but a 1st aid kit, appropriate to the environment and procedures to deal with the types of accidents that can occur in that environment - do these not come under H&S? And does some thought not have to be paid to exactly what kind of accidents are possible\likely to occur - i.e. an assessment of some kind? To my mind they do.

The safe operation of machines is also H&S - and this has been discussed in the past. And most of us do try to work in a safe manner and are open to discussions on machine use, etc. But as my workshop is coming to a point where it will be getting used - it seemed a good juncture in time to discuss this subject.

Telephone - we have a spare cordless to go in the workshop, which can be used as an intercom, and I always carry a mobile. The mirror is a good idea.

Cheers

Dibs