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Safety for Stone Carving 1. The Mental and Physical Thing: Is your mind clear and focused on doing your work safely? Are you impaired in any way? 2. Your Work […]

Organize your actions around safe behavior to protect yourself. PROBLEM PREVENTION LONG-TERM Free silica  – Wear respirator Noise  – Hearing protection Repetitive stress injuries  – Physical: “pacing,” posture, stretching IMMEDIATE […]

The other day I had some pain in my wrist. I had been working on a piece with the air hammer and hand tools. This pain lingered for days. For […]

Dust produced while working with stone containing silica and other harmful minerals is not just an annoying problem, it is a real concern and threat to your health as well […]

ROLL, PULL, HOLD – not exactly STOP DROP ROLL At our Monday morning safety meeting, a few years ago, the subject of the week was Hearing Protection. The company safety […]

A studio floor with heaps of stone chips entangled in tools, power cords, and air hoses is dangerous as well as uncomfortable. To minimize this clutter I have mounted a power cord […]