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I i i I I l .t • Reploce all'caps. filler plugs, protective guards or panels and high pressure hose clamps and chains or cables that have been re. moved for maintenance before returning the drill rig to service. a 7. Sale Use Of Mand Tools �r . There are almost an infinite number of hand tools that can be r � used on or around a drill rig and in repair shops and more than or, i equal number of instructions for proper use. "Use the tool for its . I-' - intended purpose" is the most imporrmrt rule. The ' Ilowing are a < few specific and some general suggestions which apply to safe rase , of several hand foals that are often used an and around drill rigs. + When a tool becomes damaged, either repoir if before using it again or get rid of it. ;N' a When usinga hammer, on kind of hammer for an r Y y purpose, wear fla L-91H solely glasses and require oil others around you to wear solely glass. , EG;r' j e S. • When using a chisel, any kind of chisel, for any purpose, wear 18- safety glasses and require all others around you to wear salary glass- " • Keep all tools cleaned and orderly stored when not in use. a -i • Use wrenches on nuts — don't use pliers on nuts. � ! e Use screwdrivers with blades that fit the screw slot. • When using o wrench on a sigh! nu! — first use some penetrating o oil, use the Icrgest wrench available that lits the nut, when passible o a# ' pail on the wrench handle rather than pushing, and apply force to the r- wrench with both hands when possible and with both feet firmly placed. Don't push or pull with one or both feet on the drill rig or J r ' the side of a mud pit or some other blocking-off device. Always as. some that you may lose your footing — check the place where you may a when breaking tool joints on the ground or on a drilling platform, f? fall for sharp objects. position your h+;nds so that your fingers will not 6e smashed between p the wrench handle and the round or the latform, should the wrench y' t: • Keep all pipe wrenches clean and in good repair. The laws of g a pipe wrenches should be wire brushed frequently to prevent an accum• slip or the joint suddenly fel go. s ulotion of dirt and grease which would otherwise build up and cause NowiF rk' t wrenchez so slip. $. Clearing The Work Area • Never use pipe wrenches in plata of a rod holding device. • Replace hoot and heel jaws when they become visibly worn. Prior to drilling, adequate site clearing and leveling should be performed ro accommodate the drill rig and supplies and provide a x sR,�1 -'Y a - r �