Risk from flying objects.
| HAZARD TO LOOK FOR | WHAT COULD HAPPEN | HOW TO PREVENT IT |
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| Injury to self or others in the work area. | Fasteners could ricochet or be | Pay attention to others in the work | |
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| propelled causing serious injury or | area to assure that they are pro- | |
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| property damage. | tected from possible accidental | |
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| discharge of fastener, or projected | |
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| fragments of work material, fas- | |
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| teners, etc. | |
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| When working along edges or next |
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| to voids in work surface, the con- | Provide ANSI approved Z87 safety | |
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| tact trip safety mechanism could | glasses, Z89.1 head protection, | |
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| be depressed and allow the tool | and S3.19 hearing protection to | |
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| to discharge a fastener into the air | self and others in the work area. | |
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| or through thin work materials re- |
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| sulting in serious injury or property | Never point discharge of tool at | |
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| damage. | self or others. | |
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| Do not pull trigger unless tool con- | |
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| tact safety device is against work | |
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| surface. | |
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| Never attempt to drive fasteners | |
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| into hard surfaces such as steel, | |
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| concrete, or tile. | |
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| Take care to avoid driving a fas- | |
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| tener on top of another fastener. | |
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| Before operating tool, be certain | |
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| that work surfaces are strong | |
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| enough and thick enough to con- | |
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| tain entire fastener. | |
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| Position tool carefully so that fas- | |
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| teners will be delivered to the | |
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| proper location. | |
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