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Posted By jim kelleher
Does anyone else have any safety issues with the use of stanley knives for cutting activities we have recently tried to do away with stanley knives and use scissors instead but this has proved unsucessful and may have to go back to using knives.
Does anyone have any advice on the safe use of stanley knives being used in the plastic industry.
Many thanks
Jim.
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Posted By Lynne Ratcliffe
Jim,
I have had this problem many times in the past, and there really is nothing like a stanley (or similar maker) knife that works as well as a stanley knife does. The risks of sitting on whilst in pocket with the blade exposed is one that i have crossed by sourcing a safety version of the knife that relies on pressure to keep the blade out and in use, the moment you let go the blade retracts into a safety positon. I have not had to do this for some time but i hope that this will point you in a search direction.
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Posted By Sally
What are you using them to do? I have experience of doing away with these in the paper industry following some very nasty accident.
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Posted By Phil
If they are in constant use, you could try kevlar or light chainmail type gloves for the users. They are sold by Greenhams, Parkers etc
Phil
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Posted By Smiff
I tried introducing safer knifes, but people resisted them and kept stashes of fixed blade knifes.
SO. I issued one person with a retracting stanley type knife that came on a fancy leather belt holster. After he's swaggered around the factory for a day or so I was inundated with demands for "one a them fancy noifs"
So I suggested a deal; A knife amnesty, with ANY dangerous knifes found on the line thereafter being a disciplinary offence - in return for a retracting knife and holster for anyone requesting it. It seemed expensive, but it fixed the problem overnight, cut injuries went to zero, and over time it saved money since people looked after and didn't lose their "badge of honour" knife.
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Posted By Chris Packham
I recently looked at this for a client who was using a variety of knives for cutting everything from pre-impregnated carbon fibre sheet to cardboard cartons. There was no one answer, but we were able to significantly reduce the incidence of cuts using a combination of safety knives, powered scissors of different types etc
The answer will depend upon just what the knife is required for. In my experience there is no one simple answer.
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Posted By Martin Taylor
We operate in the plastics manufacturing field and use the fixed Stanley type knives extensively for removing flash from moulded parts
After introducing Dyneema style (Cut level 3 resistance) gloves we dramatically reduced the instance of cuts as well as reducing the severity of cuts.
It has taken some time but it is now normal practice for anybody holding a knife to be wearing correct gloves.
Other things to look at are safe storage of knife when not being used - e.g. on the workbench and we encourage the knife to be sheathed whenever it is not being used. We have also change the style of blade from a pointed end to a curved end which has also reduced the number of puncture type injuries.
One other option which has not been too succesful for us but may apply in other areas of plastic 'shaving' are ceramic blades - these are readily available from plastics manufacturing supply companies
hope that this helps
Martin
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Posted By Chris Cooper-Abbs
Do you have a contact for the Dynemma gloves?
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Posted By Carrell
Jim,
we are also in the plastics industry and have implemented almost the same as Martin - gloves. Our accident stats show that when we clamp down on ensuring gloves are worn and the procedure of trimming away from yourself is followed there are hardly any cuts (only extremely minor nicks if so).
Some of our longer term employees still have the curly ceramic blades from past tests and use these for jobs where possible - perhaps look at having a supply of these handy as well.
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Posted By Chris Packham
Dyneema is a trade-marked material, e.g. similar to Kevlar. There are several manufacturers who make gloves from this material. Try searching under Dyneema on Google or try Microlin.com
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Posted By craig davies
Have you considered uusing retractable stanley knives? This way the blade is out of sight when no in use.
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Posted By Cathy Ricketts
Saw some good safety knives at Birmingham expo recently I have details back in office if you e.mail me direct I can let you have contact details for catalogue/website Will be back in office Friday
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Posted By The toecap
We did a tolbox talk on them and made the guys wear kevlar gloves when using stanley knives. This reduced the number of slashes.
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Posted By Vaila Mackenzie
Hi
We use stanley knives and scissors as our main tools in our process. We trialled various alternatives to the blades as we were getting a lot of small nicks and cuts, but none were suitable as captured blades would not work on our Lines.
We got round the blade prblem by having retractable knives, training the operators in safe techniques (always cutting away from the body etc), gave everyone Kevlar gloves and hip holsters to place the tools in when not in use.
Combined this seems to work.
Vaila
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