Operating A Drill Press
Operating A Drill Press
Operating A Drill Press
FACILITIES SERVICES
OPERATING A DRILL PRESS
TASK HAZARDS CONTROLS
1. Clean the table. Eye injury from metal debris Wear eye protection.
Do not use compressed air.
2. Load the vise. Foot injury if the vise falls Secure the vise on the table with T-pins.
Finger pinching while sliding the vise Don’t let your fingers get under the vise unless you
are lifting it from the table.
Eye or skin damage from cutting oil Use the lowest RPM.
Wear eye protection.
Wear a long sleeved shirt.
Hand injury from the exposed pulley near the feed Make sure a pulley guard is in place.
handle Don’t push the feed handle toward the pulley.
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7. Unload the vise. Foot injury if the vise falls Leave the vise secure on the table with T-pins until
it is unloaded.
Finger pinching while sliding the vise Don’t let your fingers get under the vise unless
you’re lifting it from the table.
Keep your eyes on the task.
8. Clean the table. Eye injury from metal debris Wear eye protection.
Do not use compressed air.
Required Training: Required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
1. Operation of the drill press 1. Gloves
2. First aid 2. Eye protection
Other Information:
Contributors: EH&S Specialist Gary Bayne; Lead Machinist Charlie Norris
Created: November 2002
JSA Library Number: FS-MACH-43
For more information about this JSA, contact the Office of Environment, Health and Safety at UC Berkeley, 317 University Hall #1150, Berkeley, CA 94720-1150
(510) 642-3073 http://www.ehs.berkeley.edu
The development of Job Safety Analyses is a Balanced Scorecard initiative of the AVC-BAS Safety Committee, sponsored by the Associate Vice Chancellor-Business and Administrative Services (AVC-
BAS) and the AVC-BAS Leadership Team http://bas.berkeley.edu/balancedscorecard
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