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Portable Table Saw Safety Exam

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true (SAFE) or false (UNSAFE).
 

 1. 

To wear loose clothing, long sleeves and neckties.
 

 2. 

To work on a littered floor.
 

 3. 

To remove sawed off scraps while the machine is running.
 

 4. 

To rip stock with splitter guard in place.
 

 5. 

To place a saw blade on the arbor with the teeth pointing toward the direction from which the wood is to be fed.
 

 6. 

To remove guards without the instructors permission.
 

 7. 

To extend the saw blade as far as possible through the stock.
 

 8. 

To saw warped and twisted stock.
 

 9. 

To do free hand sawing.
 

 10. 

To use a push stick when ripping narrow stock.
 

 11. 

To use the machine before the instructor has demonstrated its safe use.
 

 12. 

To stand directly in line with the saw blade.
 

 13. 

To refrain from talking with others while sawing.
 

 14. 

To saw stock containing nails, paint, sand, etc.
 

 15. 

To check the width of cut at front and back blade for ripping.
 



 
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