Car repair safety

Car repair safety is mostly common sense. Personal safety simply involves those precautions you take to protect yourself from injury during diy auto repairs.

This includes wearing protective gear, dressing for safety, working smart and correctly handling tools and equipment.

On this car repair safety page were going to discuss the common sense basics. That should be practiced during all auto repairs, whether they are at home or in a professional shop.

Note: I own and wear all of the equipment listed on this page. Why? because I do not want to get injured!

Wearing eye protection

As a certified mechanic with many years of experience in the business this is one of the most common injuries I've seen from my fellow coworkers.

It is never pretty, to have a piece of metal pulled out of your eye, and it is yet so easy to prevent.

Some procedures such as grinding results in tiny particles of metal and dust that are thrown off at a very high speed, This metal and dirt can easily get into your eyes, causing scratches or cuts on your eyeball.

Pressurized liquids and gases escaping from a ruptured hose or fitting can spray a tremendous distance and are extremely dangerous to your eyes and can cause blindness.

Although the most common eye injury would be a mechanic underneath of the vehicle performing an inspection or operation and having dirt rust or metal fall from the vehicle and into the eye.

Eye protection should be worn whenever you are exposed to these risks. Regular prescription glasses do not offer sufficient protection and therefore should not be worn as a substitute for safety glasses.

Wearing safety glasses at all times is a good habit to get into when performing diy auto repairs.

To help develop this good habit spend a few extra dollars and get a pair of safety glasses that fit well and feel comfortable. It will certainly increase your likely hood of wearing them when needed. I like the Dewalt brand!

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Your clothing should be well fitted and comfortable, and should be strong as well. Loose, baggy clothing can easily get caught in moving parts and machinery.

Some do-it-yourself mechanics prefer to wear overalls or a shop coat to protect their personal clothing. Your work clothing should offer protection, but should not restrict your movements.

Long hair and loose hanging jewelry can create the same type of Hazard as loose fitting clothing. They can get caught in moving engine parts and machinery.

If you have long hair tie it back or tuck it under a hat. Never wear rings, watches, bracelets, or neck chains these can easily get caught in moving parts and cause serious injury.

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Also recommended our steel tipped safety shoes that can give added protection to your feet. Jogging shoes and sneakers along with street shoes and sandals are inappropriate for working on cars.

Gloves provide great protection and are often overlooked. Gloves are worn to protect your hands from disease, injury, and also to keep them clean and protected.

There are many different kinds of gloves that can be worn by auto repair mechanics. A well-fitted pair of heavy work gloves should be worn during operations such as grinding and welding or even when handling hot components.

Even common chemicals like carburetor cleaner and brake clean can easily burn your skin.

Keep in mind that latex gloves are more comfortable to wear, but can weaken when they are exposed to these types of solvents.

Your choice of hand protection should be based on what auto repair you are performing. The youngstown brand gloves above are the best pair I have purchased so far. They fit perfect (like a glove) and are great for diy auto repairs.





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