Working with machinery

Around two-thirds of all accidents occur on just three types of machine:

• circular saws
• vertical spindle moulders
• surface planers

Safety solutions

Braking and chip-limited tooling have helped to reduce the incidence and severity of machinery accidents.

Woodworking Information Sheets & Circular saw poster

The following Woodworking Information Sheets (WIS) and circular saw poster will help you to ensure safe work practices take place on the following machinery.

• Circular sawing machines poster
• Beam panel saws WIS3
• COSHH and the woodworking industries WIS 6
• Circular saw benches - safe working practices WIS16
• Safe use of vertical spindle moulding machines WIS18
• Safe use of hand-fed planing machines WIS17
• Health risks during furniture stripping using dichloromethane (DCM) WIS 19
• Safeguarding veneer guillotines WIS20
• Guarding CNC routers and machining centres WIS22
• Safeguarding board-edge processing machinery WIS27
• Rotary knife wood turning lathes – safeguarding and reducing risks to health WIS28
• Safety in the use of narrow band saws WIS31
• Safe use of power-operated cross-cut saws WIS35  
• Safe use of manually operated cross-cut saws WIS36  
• Selection for tooling for use with hand-fed woodworking machines - WIS37 PUWER 98
• Safe use of single-end tenoning machines WIS39
• Safe use of four-sided moulding machines WIS40

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