Safety procautions

[StompTheFire]

What are all the essential safety precautions i should know before i attempt my first build? Including the equipment and some tips you guys might have, cheers  :)

[Steve Sells]

thats a mouth full, what are asking in particular?  the pinned threads covered a lot, what didnt you understand?

[thingmaker3]

Steve, for some reason the links you refer to are not showing up in your post.


These are the ones Steve probably meant to include in his post:

http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/31783-zinc-stickies-and-references/

http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/28262-be-careful-forging-in-this-heat/

http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/24546-how-loud-is-too-loud/

http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/12927-brake-cleaner-phosgene-article/

http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/2007-safety-information/

[Jakesshop]

As a retired Safety Officer on one of those " Incident Management Teams" ,the folks who manage those pesky large wildland fires out here in the western US, you have asked a question that may take awhile to answer.
As suggested above, look at those posts and also use some common sence. For if something doesn't feel or look right, it usually means there is a problem.
Here's the most important one! Protect your eyes!
The next 547 safety guidelines I leave up to you to find, research and implimemt.

[Glenn]

Make a list of all body parts you can do without. 

It is your personal responsibility to protect everything not on that list.

 

Read the above again and give it some serious thought.