Safety Guidelines for Motorists

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<h1>SAFETY GUIDELINES FOR MOTORISTS</h1> <p>CONTENT</p> <ol> <li>Meaning of Safety Guidelines for Motorists</li> <li>Safety Guidelines for Motorists</li> </ol> <p> </p> <h2>Meaning of Safety Guidelines for Motorists</h2> <p>Motorists are road users who drive cars, buses, trucks and lorries. Rules meant to help people avoid danger or injury are called safety guidelines. Safety guidelines for motorists are therefore rules and regulations made to ensure that motorists drive safely and responsibly in order to guarantee the safety of the motorists and other road users.<br /> <br /> </p> <p> </p> <h2>Safety Guidelines for Motorists</h2> <p>The following are the safety guidelines for motorists:</p> <ol> <li>Use of seat belts. The use of seat belts help to prevent serious injuries in the event of an accident. Seat belts hold the driver and passengers tightly onto their seats.</li> <li>Obeying all traffic rules.</li>

Woodwork Hand Tools: Measuring Tools; Setting and Marking Out Tools

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<h1>WOODWORK HAND TOOLS</h1> <p>CONTENT</p> <ol> <li>Classes of Wood Work Hand Tools</li> <li>Measuring and Marking Out Tools</li> <li>Setting and Marking Out Tools</li> </ol> <p> </p> <h2>Classes of Wood Work Hand Tools</h2> <p>There are six classes of wood work hand tools. They are:</p> <ol> <li>Measuring tools</li> <li>Marking out/setting out tools</li> <li>Work holding tools</li> <li>Boring tools</li> <li>Cutting and paring tools</li> <li>Driving tools.</li> </ol> <h3>The Work Bench</h3> <p>A very vital tool in the wood workshop upon which operations such as sawing, drilling, planning, chiseling and boring are all carried out.</p> <p>Work bench fittings are:</p> <ol> <li><strong>Bench Stop</strong> is a provision made to prevent the work piece from slipping off the top surface of the work bench during planning.</li> <li><strong>Bench Hook</strong> is a device used to hold the job (or work piece) down during sawing or chiseling.</li> <li><strong>Bench Vice</strong> is a device that has a torsion bar for opening the jaws to allow a work piece to be held firmly between them. Usually more than one of this is fixed on the bench.</li> <li><strong>The Well</strong> is an important longitudinal hollow feature at the center of the work bench which serves as storage area for keeping bench tools during the process of work.<img class="size-full wp-image-36641 aligncenter" src="https://classhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/the-work-bench.jpg" alt="Measuring and marking out tools - Work bench" width="470" height="222" /></li> </ol> <h2>Measuring Tools</h2> <p><strong>Measurement</strong> is the first operation in woodwork. It is an activity that involves taking, checking and recording of distance between two points (or dimension) of object.</p> <p>There are:</p>

Workshop Safety; Workshop Safety Devices

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<h1>WORKSHOP SAFETY</h1> <p>CONTENT</p> <ol> <li>Introduction to Workshop Safety</li> <li>Meaning of Workshop Accident</li> <li>Causes of Workshop Accident</li> <li>Workshop Safety Rules</li> <li>Types of Accidents in the Workshop</li> <li>Workshop Safety Devices</li> </ol> <p> </p> <h2>Introduction to Workshop Safety</h2> <p><strong>Safety</strong> is freedom from danger. It is protection from risk of harm or injury. It is also protection against damage to machines, tools as well as the prevention or removal of factors that can lead to accident. Safety must be ensured in the workshop.</p> <p>A<strong> workshop</strong> is a place where technical and engineering works are carried out.</p> <p><strong>Workshop safety</strong> is protection from risk of harm or injury to humans or damage to machines and tools in the workshop.</p> <p> </p> <h2>Meaning of Workshop Accident</h2> <p>An accident is an unexpected event resulting in injury, illness or death as well as damage to property. Accident occurs as a result of hazards. Hazard is both an unsafe condition and unsafe act. It makes an accident to occur. Hazard is, therefore, any activity, situation or substance that causes harm or injury to someone in a workshop while he/she is working.</p> <p> </p> <h2>Causes of Workshop Accident</h2> <p>The basic causes of accidents are unsafe conditions of machinery, equipment, or surroundings, and the unsafe actions of persons that are caused by ignorance or neglect of safety principles.</p> <p>The following are the causes of workshop accidents:</p> <ol> <li>Lack of safety devices.</li> <li>Failure to use safety devices provided.</li> <li>Failure to follow laid-down methods for handling tools, equipment and machines.</li>

Driving and Boring Tools

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<h1>DRIVING AND BORING TOOLS</h1> <p>CONTENT</p> <ol> <li>Driving Tools</li> <li>Boring Tools</li> </ol> <p> </p> <h2>Driving Tools</h2> <p>Driving tools are used to fix nails and screws into wooden and metal materials. Nails are the iron material with a flat head, smooth stem and sharp end. Screws look like nails but they have turned or twisted stem. Screws are driven into wood with screwdrivers while nails are driven into wood and metals with the use of hammers. Hammers are driving tools that have two parts – a head, which is made of iron and a wooden handle. There are five types of hammers named according to the shape of the head. They are;</p> <p>1. Ball peen hammer.</p> <p>2. Straight peen hammer</p> <p>3. Cross peen hammer</p> <p>4. Planishing hammer</p> <p>5. Blocking head hammer</p> <p>6. Upholstery hammer</p> <p>(i) Straight-peen hammer is used for riveting while other end is used for shaping sheet metals.</p> <p>(ii) Ball-peen hammer is used for general purposes.</p>

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