- Use gloves when handling larger sheet metal plates - risk of getting injured.
- Only use proper and sharp shears - blade clearance must be adjusted correctly.
- Do not work with jour hands between the blades - risk of getting injured.
- Only let one person operate lever shears and guillotine machines, as for large-size sheets and long sections, a second person may help push them through from the side.
- Correctly adjust the toe dog on lever shears and shearing machines.
- Do not stay within the swiveling range of hand levers during the cutting operation.
- Secure hand lever of the lever shear after the cutting process.
- Only shear steel sections with section knives - never operate on sheets with plane shear blades, otherwise the cutting edges break off.
- Only operate shearing machines after being exactly instructed. Exactly observe the manufacturers operating instructions.
- Immediately throw the waste material rendered during the shearing operation into the waste container. Remaining bent rests of cuts may lead to injuries.