Hand tools, portable power-driven tools

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16. Hand tools, portable power-driven tools

16.1. Hand tools

Materials and construction

16.1.1. Hand tools and implements should be of material

of good quality and appropriate for the work for which they will

be used.

16.1.2. Wooden handles of hand tools and implements should

be of hard, straight-grained wood free from cracks and knots.

16.1.3. Handles of hand tools and implements should be

fitted carefully to the heads, finished smooth, and kept securely

fastened to them.

16.1.4. The handles of machetes and similar cutting tools

should have a projection that prevents the hand from slipping

on to the blade.

Maintenance

16.1.5. Hand tools and implements should be tempered,

dressed and repaired by competent persons.

16.1.6. The cutting edges of cutting tools should be kept

sharp.

16.1.7. Heads of hammers, wedges and other shock tools

should be dressed or ground to a suitable radius on the edge as

soon as they begin to mushroom or crack.

Transport

16.1.8. While being transported, the edges or points of sharp-

edged or sharp-pointed hand tools such as axes should be so

placed, buried or sheathed as to prevent danger.

16.1.9. Sharp-edged and sharp-pointed tools should not be

carried on bicycles unless they are so protected by sheaths and

secured in position as not to cause danger.

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