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I have a real problem with new blokes/apprentices continually sitting down on drums benches etc in the workshop. We have a similar problem with visitors also. I also frequently see people sitting down at demonstrations. When I tell these blokes (or sheilas) to get up off their xxx (backside) I often get the look. When I explain to them the danger of sitting down where there are power hammers operating,they still don't get it.
These photos may help these people understand.
When you sit down near a working hammer, or even near an anvil someone is working on, you are putting your head almost in line with anything that is going to fly out from under that hammer. At best it makes it hard for you to move to avoid any flying projectiles when you are sitting.
These photos are of slot punch that broke in two last week while we were using it under our 5cwt massey.
1 hit broke it off, the top piece glanced off my arm and continued on for another 14 metres through the air before hitting the workshop wall where it left a chunk of brick missing. The piece you can see here was the bottom half left under the hammer. The top that broke off ( weight I reckon was 0.5 KG) and went flying we have not found yet. Yes I was lucky to not have been hit directly, but at least it is soft tissue where I was hit, (no I did'nt need stiches), imagine if it had been a head, eye, mouth that was the stopping medium.
If you sit down near where people are working under hammmers or on anvils, stand up! If you see bystanders doing the same get them up on their feet, "if you want to sit down, go outside, this is a blacksmith shop, not a lounge room".
I've seen too many things eject from under a hammer, and they all move xxxx fast, and they are all mainly sharp jagged looking things too.
Phil
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