Description

Utility knives (sometimes known as a Stanley knife or box cutter), are extremely useful tools for cutting and trimming a variety of building and packaging materials.

However, they can be extremely dangerous if used incorrectly and can cause severe injury. Fingers, thumbs and even legs can be injured by utility knives.

Even minor injuries at best are inconvenient and painful and at worst can prevent a tradesman from working or become infected and cause illness.

Most incidents involving a utility knife’s, is due to them being used incorrectly.

Some of the main hazards when using a utility knife include, but is not limited to, the following.

  • Drawing the knife towards you instead of away from your body.
  • Using a knife with a dull blade, as it requires more pressure and increase the potential for injury.
  • Cutting materials or more than the knife was designed for.

Our utility knife toolbox talk helps keep employees safe and reduce health and safety issues in workplaces where utility knifes are used as part day-to-day activities.

If you are considering our utility knife toolbox talk, our Hand Safety Toolbox Talk and PPE Toolbox Talk might be of interest to you as well.

Items Covered in the Utility Knife Toolbox Talk

Our toolbox talk is split up in these following sections.

  • Introduction: Explanation of what a utility knife is and in what connection it is used.
  • The Hazards: Outline some of the common hazards in workplaces where utility knifes are used as part of the day-to-day activities.
  • Control Measures: Defines the controls that should be implemented to mitigate any risks related to use of utility knifes.
  • Toolbox Talk Questions: Include a few questions to validate attendees understanding of the toolbox talk.
  • Further Information: Outline where additional information can be received, related to the topic covered in the toolbox talk.

Each of our toolbox talks include an additional page where relevant hazards on site can be identified and discussed, together with an attendance list where participants can be recorded and sign.

Purchase our Utility Knife Toolbox Talk to keep your employees safe, or take advantage of our toolbox talk packages, which contains a range of our toolbox talks at a reduced price.