Remember to follow accepted standards for References: referencing. FIELD SAFETY 2.6: Activity Hazard Risk Action Pieces of rock Moderate to Never use a hammer or using a may fly off and high depending if other people are hammer cause injury to on your near you and chisel you or others experience Never use a second nearby geological hammer as a chisel Never hammer under an overhang or on a loose rock face Consider wearing thick gloves to Handling Sharp edges-some Moderate to protect your hands specimens specimens, high Carry out a visual especially “hard inspection before that have rocks” handing specimens, been recently do not hold the sharp hammered, may edges and take care have sharp edges when handing that could cause specimens to other cuts. students Wear stout gloves when hammering “hard rocks” Do not discard rock Augering Heavy lifting Back strain fragments with sharp to obtain when removing edges in fields where samples of auger from hole they will be a hazard sub-soil to livestock and wildlife
References: Remember to follow accepted standards for referencing. 2.6: FIELD SAFETY Activity Hazard Risk Action or using a hammer and chisel Handling specimens Augering to obtain samples of sub-soil Pieces of rock may fly off and cause injury to you or others nearby Sharp edges-some specimens, especially “hard rocks” that have been recently hammered, may have sharp edges that could cause cuts. Heavy lifting when removing auger from hole Moderate to high depending on your experience Moderate to high Back strain Never use a hammer if other people are near you Never use a second geological hammer as a chisel Never hammer under an overhang or on a loose rock face Consider wearing thick gloves to protect your hands Carry out a visual inspection before handing specimens, do not hold the sharp edges and take care when handing specimens to other students Wear stout gloves when hammering “hard rocks” Do not discard rock fragments with sharp edges in fields where they will be a hazard to livestock and wildlife
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