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(You are advised to spend about 25 minutes on this question)
4. Read the text about General Precautions and then answer both sections of
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[ GENERAL PRECAUTIONS
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home accidents, and one which
rapidly increasing, 8 DIY
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home repairs and improvements
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‘The most serous accidents
ten concern wer tools,
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| without unptogging fist, and
| should always be propery
maintained and used only
accorsing 1 the manufacturer's
instructions. Many people suffer
sencus cuts, even amputations,
| each year because of the
| careless use of such electrical
appliances; ethers are
lecrocuted, often because
they cut through power cables
Find out exactly where cables
fun, and be carelul not to dil
‘near light switches or power
points. Make sure you use
‘googles, face masks and
hearing protectors where
necessary. Get worn or short
flexes repiaced. Don't ever
remove safely guards ~ and
make sure you know how to
Use any equipment you hire
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main kinds: toughened and
laminated. Safety lass should
be marked in one comer with
Brits Standard number
BS6206. Wired olass is not
necessarily salely glass
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sides if necessary) from
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SECTION A
(1) Why is DIY a safety risk?
@) What kinds of injuries can power tools cause?
(3) What should you do when you hire equipment?
Where should you keep chemical compounds?
How can stepladders cause accidents?
Why should you not hold nails in your mouth?
What might cause a window to come down o
How does plastic film make windows safer
top of you?
ON B
Find words or phrases in the article which mean the same as:
killed or injured by electrie shock
something which prote
s your eyes
becoming more common
to reduce the dangers
carefully looked after
in your own words what the following words from the text mean:
precautions
implements