Safeguarding table saws
Ensure everyone uses saws safely
Everyone in your shop has a role to play in keeping your workplace safe:
- As an employer, you're responsible for equipping saws with proper safeguarding.
- Your supervisors must ensure that safeguards are used as required and that workers are trained.
- Your workers are responsible for following their training and reporting any safety concerns to their supervisors.
Want to learn more? Use the resources below to build and maintain an effective health and safety program in your shop.
Crew Talk: Safeguarding Table and Panel Saws
Safeguarding Table and Panel Saws
- Checklist for Employers and Supervisors
- Crew Talk for Employers and Supervisors
- Crew Handout for Workers
Safety slide show
The slide show reviews effective point-of-operation safeguarding and safe work practices to help prevent serious injuries when using table and panel saws.
Innovation feature: Beckville Woodcrafts
It's not the what, but the why: Read how Beckville Woodcrafts' initiatives earned the company the Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada (AWMAC) WorkSafeBC Safety Innovation Award.
Booklets and safety manuals
- Health and safety for small and medium-sized woodworking shops
- Safeguarding Machinery and Equipment safety manual
- Machine guarding checklist
StartSafe safety series
Download these simple safety tips for the woodworking industry on guarding and kickbacks.