Storage and Handling of Tools

Storage and Handling of Tools

Tools are of many forms and sizes and, when stored and handled carelessly, can easily cause accidents. To avoid this, storage facilities must be provided in the electrical workshop. Tools may be stored in:
a. tool box
b. tool kit,
c. tool rack.

For easy identification, simple sketches of the tools may be painted in the storage facilities. This is called shadow-painting.

Shadow-painting
a. eases and quickens the process of returning the tools in their proper places.
b. speeds up the checking of tools

Some common methods of tools storage systems are as shown:

Trolley

Box

Rack

shadow painting in use

When dealing with sharp-edge and pointed tools, care must be taken since these tools can easily injure the user. Some of these tools are:

1. Scribers,

2. Centre punches,

3. Chisels,

4. Dividers.

When issuing such tools, the sharp-edge or point should never point to the receiver. In the store, the tool boxes and tool kits should be kept in such positions that they do not obstruct the pathways. Objects placed on the pathways either in the store, or in the electrical workshop are the main causes of accidents

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