Copper Chrome Arsenic treatment is essentially required for any timber that is going to get wet, piles is the example given. It’s one of those old ish treatments, that nobody (including the government) is under the illusion that its fine for your health. But its used in places that people generally dont touch it all the time, except the builders. The real danger is when you burn it, a lot of the impregnation comes out then and you can get poisoned.
@@QALibrary They would use something else, if it were available, and was proven beyond a doubt over the long term. The government is extremely risk averse when it comes to new build housing now, after the regulations were loosened up a while ago and made a huge disaster, and were subsequently tightened up again. There is also would be a lot of criticism about cost increases if they enforced a very expensive treatment. The housing situation is bad enough lmao. Left right, green, blue, you name it, every political faction want more cheaper housing.
That design of half style mask is the best mask I've ever wore, comfy and you can tell nothing bad is getting in. JSP in the UK make the best I've tried.
The thick snickers kneepads are designed for floor layers. Snickers do a specific style with more hard-wearing knee material and a larger knee pocket. Model number 3223 or 6923. Hope.this helps someone looking for a better trouser and kneepad combo. Uk subscriber, electrician, avid snickers wearer.
Awesome vid. Here’s a tip for anyone who wants it! I wear Carhartt overalls over some shorts, take’em off as soon as I leave the job site. Leaves dust, debris, gunk out of the car/house. I also wear the knee pads that you stick in the pants/overalls. You can keep the knee pads in when you wash your bibs! Save your knees, minimize the grunts.
Yep, the best form of dust protection is to remove the source as practicably as possible, and your use of the vac is the best way.When doing demo an extraction fan is a good method, won't stop the stuff falling from piles above the ceiling, but will minimise the residual dust in the air...always worthwhile wearing the secondary protection though. Keep up the great OHS work Scott and crew...it well worth the effort in the long run. Cheers from Aus!!!!!
I've been in carpentry for many years now. Mostly house framing and I've also done a lot of hardwood flooring. But I never wear knee pads, simply because I almost never kneel down onto my knees. I usually do what some people call the "Asian squat" where I'm working on the floor, still fully on my feet, but my knees are up around my shoulders. I know a lot pf people can't actually do that, especially at my age (54) but it's the way I've done it all my life. If I put on knee pads, then after 5 years they still look brand new!
Yeah great for your lower back. I solved my long term and debilitating lower back problems by doing just 2 or so mins of spread-knee, deep asian squats a day (while brushing my teeth) before bed. The classic builder's injury. Amazing how loosening up the hips can loosen everything from the lumbar to the hammies.
It's by far the most healthy way to do low work for both back and knees, but like you say, many, many Western adults have let their natural flexibility decay horrendously by the time they're adults and can't pull off that stance. Nothing a couple of months of yoga won't fix though.
Great advice. My grandad (Royal Artillery WW2) went deaf and my dad (Royal Tanks) went deaf from loud explosions. I just do a bit of woodwork with power tools and wear the cans every time.
@5:12, Paerau is spot on. When I have my TrendStealth dust mask and face shield, you kind of do feel invincible. Sanding overhead or pulling stuff down doesn't bother you one bit. I never thought of it that way, but Paerau is spot on. Also, while serving in the (US) Army, I didn't wear hearing protection too often. Sometimes, you couldn't because it's a live fire exercise, but there were times on the grenade range, or MG range when I didn't wear them. I'm 55 and pretty bad mid-range hearing loss. I'm constantly asking "what??what's that???" SO WEAR YOUR HEARING PROTECTION, PEOPLE!!!
Great video... I learned the hard way a few years ago Scott... Shard of pvc hit my eye luckily docs saved my eye but I lost 50% vision... 6 operations in 15 months... So guys wear your PPE
@@henri6595 yeah im a industrial MAMF in Ireland and everyone including me wears snickers gear its truly the best, shame you guys in the US cant get your hands on it
@@ciarangeoghegan6991 We in the USA can get our hands on them but it's very hard to find and the places reselling them charge way too much. Snickers should just start selling in the USA directly. I do admit Snickers has the best pants design and material out of all the brands I looked it. I think I might have to try Blaklader X1600 Work Pants. I can find those easy it seems.
good video, too many people don't pay attention to this. You might also mention, ventilation and air filters inside. I summer I always set up fans inside to keep the fresh air flow. In winter in Canada I set up hepa filters. The clients are always impressed by that. They are also impressed when you have dust collection on your saws, even outside. You don't blow sawdust all over their flower bed, and clean up takes no time at all.
I build cabinets. I have (3) different kind of bluetooth headphones. Also hook a fan up to blow the dust away. And it feel amazing when you're sweating.
Just framed and floored our attic recently. My knees were killing me having to kneel on trusses. Grabbed a pair of knee pads and what a revelation!! Best $30 Ive ever spent. Love your work bro.
I wish I used a respirator for the past 30 years. I have breathed in everything. The health issues last year got me thinking and I bought the same 3m respirator you have with 60 extra cartridges ( $23 a pair ). It is so good to not breath in aluminum dust or concrete dust.
I use 3M Peltor alert WS hearing protection. It has active hearing that cancels out damaging sounds, they connect to your phone so you can take phone calls and listed to music.the microphone is so good that I can talk normally while using a chainsaw and be heard perfectly. Great to see another trades person respecting safty!
Knee protection is like 101 for an electrician. But most people in Sweden use Bluetooth headphones as ear protection. There are some ear protection that meet the DB reduction requirements around here. But they cost like 500 as well ( for a good pair ), so you can answer calls and what not. Other things for protection beyond eye protection tends to be well, those gloves. They help a lot for an electrician that cut into plastic around here. Prevents the slip of a duller knife from cutting through as you work or poking your finger with copper wires that lead to bleeding (done that a few times. )
I personally prefer tie up boots over the slip on one's, just for I've rolled my ankles enough times that I prefer to tighten them as much as I can to help hold everything together on roofs
When I saw the intro I wasn't sure if I would be interested as I am just a retired like to play with wood person and then, actually paying attention I found this to be very enlightening especially as I want to keep my poor old eyes and lack of hearing ears from getting any worse. Told safety? go for it Scott as the number of times I have done stupid things from not understanding the ramifications of how I do things would make a series on its own.
When I was on the tools in the UK 30+ years ago doing lots of T&G floors etc. the best knee pads were those I could get off miners who worked down the coal pits. Best works boots and most comfortable I have ever had are the ones I got whilst working in QLD, Australia - Steel Blue safety boots with metatarsal guard.
Another great video Scott & team! Yes, would like to see a video on the tool safety you spoke of. Safety is often overlooked and more information is always helpful!!
Hey Scott...yes please to the safety with tools. I'm not a tradie but a more of a weekend warrior in construction and i'm absolutely positive that I can learn something from a professional. Looking forward to your next upload mate. Thanks, your cousins across the ditch.
I wear what are called "pirate trousers" in the summer time. I get them from the mammoth workwear website. Snickers makes some as well as blaklader etc. They're 3/4 length pants with knee pads that work super well for keeping cool without sacrificing your knee pad pockets. I highly recommend them. I've been wearing them in the summer for years now. Some even have spandex in the crotch to prevent tearing during carpentry gymnastics.👍
Thanks Scott,always useful to hear other people’s ideas for safety and would be interesting to see another video on the operational side of tool use.👍👍👍
Pretty much the first thing I do when I get to a job is put on my knee pads and pop in some ear plugs. We do a lot on reno work on 50-150 year old houses so pads, plugs and a mask is every day work wear. Annoyingly here in the US there isn’t a health and safety requirement for dust extraction, consequently too few tools come with a dust port to hook a vac to as standard, and it can be a challenge when you’re using a circular saw.
there's another 3m mask we use at work (6500QL), has a quick release on the strap so you can put it on and take it off super quick and easy. generally i find the easier it is to put on and take off the safety gear, the more likely you are to wear it
G, day Scott Brown Carpentry from Sydney, Australia. Being open and honest: workplace health and safety education needs to be at the top, hands down. The PPE video you have produced is current, practical and relevant for the home building industry. The impact that workplace injuries have on individuals, Health care, insurance companies and rehabilitation services, all can be avoided with: *PPE *Substitution *Engineering *Isolation These strategies save lives. 🌏🇭🇲
I've never liked the slip on style boots, mainly because my ankles are pretty stuffed and they have a tendency to roll out without decent support. I run the Steel Blue zip side lace up boots, easy enough to get them on and off, but I can really tie them tightly for ankle support
My favorite for hearing protection has to be the 3M WorkTunes Connect- great hearing protection and the Bluetooth connection is great. I’ve been able to take phone calls while running a wood chipper and still be able to hear them!
Thanks Scotty and Paerau, For another awesome video. safety is important!!. We spend the first half of our lives wrecking our health to gain wealth and the second half of our lives spending what little wealth we saved to try and get our health back. i was young and stupid, gungho, thought i was 9 foot tall and bullet proof, 'all rip shit and bust'. didn't think about skin cancers and respiratory diseases, hip, knee, back, shoulder and hernia operations, on top of that the added expense of hearing aids, walking aids, medical aids and plain getting rid of aids...na just kidding but you get my point. new technology safety gear is great, the old stuff was a pain in the arse often uncomfortable and restrictive. safety gear should be number one in anyone's toolkit. it avoids downtime and financial interruptions through injury. well done brutthas keep up the good work !
Have a look for side zip boots. They have laces but you can still get them on/off without undoing the laces. I find them easier to get on and off than slip ons and if you roll or break your ankle you won't do more damage getting it off (or have to wreck them by cutting the boot off). Some construction employers mandate this type of boot in Aus for the above reasons
The 3M worktunes bluetooth earmuffs are amazing. They are $100aud and have absolutely insane noise filtering. I cant hear the person next to me talking and the bluetooth and phone calls features is good too.
i've never understood why some people take out the kneepads from their pants. just seems like an extra step towards forgetting them. Also if u do take them out, u dont get the protection for all the short amount of time when u are just putting down a knee to measure something or pick something up or even when showcasing your knee pads :P I wish thou i was as good as using masks as you are. My beard and masks is a problem i haven't yet solved.
Totally agree about the ear protection. Plugs don't work for me. Medics have to get out their small children's kit for looking into my ears. Extremely useful advice that I wish I'd done during last 40 years (occasional but serious DiYer). In last 10 years, if I'm going to work on a dusty area, I have a cheap vacuum cleaner with the hose in the blower port in one hand, a vacuum cleaner hose in the other hand and, often a third machine with hose pointed in a suitable direction - I keep blowing and vacuuming until nothing gets disturbed from nook or cranny and, suddenly, the air smells sweet. Then I start on the dust generating drilling and grinding and keep vacuuming it up. It adds time - which have as DiYer - and makes the job so much less unpleasant. Never yet found knee pads that work for me.
Hey bro, with regard to earmuffs I must recommend the 3M Worktunes ear muffs - they are about $139 at Mitre 10. They are Class 5 like your Honeywell muffs and to the tunes on or off and to answer and hang up a call is all done with one easy to press button the side - I’m a Sign Writer down here in Lower Hutt and Ive been using mine a month now and love them. battery lasts ages, charges via USB I can even take a call in a diesel scissor lift and the person on the other end of the call hears me clear as day!
Great video Scott. It's really good to see that you take safety seriously and actually use the gear on the video. I've worked in the Engineering business for most of my career and safety has always been important. I don't know if they're available in NZ but I use Emtec Housebreaker ear plugs. These are custom moulded to your ear and can be worn comfortably all day. They're not cheap (£80 GBP) but a set lasts around five years (Emtec recomend that you have new ones every five years because your ear changes shape as you get older). I like them because they don't interfere with your safety glasses and you can hear normal conversation with them in.
I have zip side lace ups. Best and worst of both... fine adjustment from the laces, but also if you can't tie them properly they come undone. Easy on and off from the zips but zips break. But since I have wide feet I have to buy decent boots anyway and they come with decent zips.
@@mozismobile was going to point this out… zipped laced boots are the bomb. I used to work in defects for a multi res builder, so was in and out of peoples houses all day. The zips made it really easy and the laces allowed for my different sized feet ;) Hint: mongrel boots are more comfortable than most sneakers ;)
Great video again Scott. Learning a lot from you as a hobby woodworker and owner of a house from 1890. Yes, I would be interested in a tool safety video. Best regards from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Great Video! You should talk about the site protection that you also you do to preserve the site when doing repair works. Makes your future clients appreciate hiring you because you preserve their property
I use nitrile gloves regularly when painting, gap sealing, siliconing and using glues and chemicals. It save your hands and makes cleanup quick and easily. Its also hygienic when your dealing with sewer plumbing, glass insulation, plaster cement, stud adhesive, oil & grease etc.
Love these vids, Scott. This one is very relevant considering the cocktail of chemicals used in building materials these days. But it's not the full story. As you seem to have a lot of apprentices following you can you do a video on how to take care of your body to prevent long term damage. An apprentice starting out now will probably work 50 years. Do your back in on site when your young, you'll "walk-off the pain" & get back to the task in hand but it will come back to haunt you when your older. Don't ask me how I know this!!
All of your videos are quite enjoyable (due to you, Pardo, and friends) so I'm non-committal on your next topic. That said, sure, I'd love to see a tool use safety vid from you. I learn something from your videos each time so I'm game...
Hey Scott if your in the market for a second half face mask I use a nearly identical one except it has a quick latch that you can pull to loosen the head strap made by 3M as well. It's super convenient to undo even with both hands full. Also pro tip for the knee pads that use straps get yourself a pair of cheap footy socks (or any thick soft ones) cut the toe off roll it up and put the strap through the sock. It helps heaps, you can sew them together so they are tight to the strap but still lose enough to throw them in the wash to clean.
Great overview of safety gear! I use a half style 3M dust mask like yours. Makes a huge difference. I've been thinking of a that clear full face mask as I wear glasses and some safety goggles don't fit very well when you combine it with the dust mask. I would be interested in a video about tool safety.
Awesome video. One of the safety tools that I recently purchased that isn’t considered Ppe is a non contact ac tester. Great for demo when you want to check if any wires are still live :)
You have one body look after it sample I work for 3M and I am married to an Emergency Room Doctor safe first here.😁. Bias opinion the 7500 series half mask is brilliant. I have tried many 3M and others over the years. The one you have is my favourite. Comes in three sizes and you can get different filters of your needs. You have the 635, FFP3. You can also get gas and vapour protection if need. One serious point. If you don’t shave your respirator will not seal against your face, effectively by passing the filters. Good video stay safe 😷
S'funny, I hear that a lot about facial hair. I work with my floor sander sometimes and he has a thin-ish and scraggly beard. Even working with the strongest smelling isocyanates he says once the mask is on he smells absolutely nothing.
Scott, once you’ve put the snickers knee pads in, just keep them in. I use their type 2 foam knee pads and in my other pair of snickers I use the D3 snickers knee pads. Both pairs just go straight in the wash and the pads stay absolutely fine. The big silver ones you had are floor layer specific and I think they only fit the floor layer specific trousers.
That's good, you couldn't wash the old ones hot, or they'd melt. I still use the kneepads from my first work trousers... they're going to be 19 this year. I should probably get some new ones. 😏
i always find it a challenge to find masks that don’t steam up my glasses. i have found the RZ mask is great for avoiding this. i use a 3M ½ mask for spraying poly. i don’t wear my mask enough, so good reminder. also like those safety glasses.
Full face respirator w/ acid gas filters (3M 60923, the pink ones from bunnies) is great when you get bad paint stripping flactuance 🤣 All jokes asside though, those filters are awesome, they're accordian folded (like Scotty's white ones) so they don't clog anywhere near as fast as the 2097 P2s. Ergo in 3M masks is top notch, sure beats the shit we had to wear in high school when we were learning how to patch up car doors.
Luke at Euroworkwear Direct is great to deal with. Been buying gear threw him for a while now. Could not recommend Snickers enough, particularly the all rounder range
You guys do safety on a whole another level over there man! Compared to what we do here in America. I need to get a respirator but I doubt I would wear it that often.
We use Sunstrum battery pack respirators for grinding and laminating fibreglass. Also need to have a full change of clothes as the paper suit must stay fully on for all the grinding & epoxy work. It can all get a wee bit warm inside those suits. Just a spare t-shirt doesn’t cut it on hot sunny days! 😆
Mechanix original gloves are really well fitted and give great dexterity. I’d recommend trying out a pair. Also, try electronic earmuffs like the ones for shooting. You can hear perfectly with them on, but they still block out loud noises and shut off whenever there’s a bang or harmful noise. Loving the videos. Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪
There are two types of sole safety inserts available for safety boots/trainers, either a steel puncture resistant plate or the inferior textile puncture resistant plate,which can be pierced by a very sharp object.
As a man with a big nose, let me tell you how full face masks are the only way I can go if I want actual protection. I learned this when I started working with spray finishes. In general demo I always used a paper N95, good for particulates, but when I bought a 3M half mask to do spray finishing, I was still smelling the vapours. I realized my big nose pushes the top of the halfmask out and creates a gap under my eyes. I even bought a second (higher quality and larger size) half mask. In my gassed out, brain cell damaged states I couldn't figure out why the masks weren't working but once I came to, I bought a full face mask. Gamechanger.
Ive bought the 3M bluetooth ear protection and wow 😅 its kind of a shock when you try it for the first time and you use your usual tools... you just ear soft music.. it feel strange 😅😝 but i love them !
Safety gear is only good if you're wearing it. If you're out of reach of your ear muffs and the saw starts up next to you, out of luck. I wear Howard Leight QB banded earplugs around my neck all the time and I mean all the time. If I'm wearing work gear, I have the earplugs and a pair of safety glasses on top of my head ready to go. Also, safety gear that can go on one handed is the best. Ear muffs get left behind and are difficult to put on one handed. Go with banded ear plugs day to day and grab the ear muffs when you know you're cutting for a while.
I use a pair of heavy-duty Blundstone 910 slip on boots. They're great. For pants, I buy a brand of pants called "Fristads" It's a Swedish brand that has a great model of workpants. They are soft and flexible like sweatpants. But they are dirt resistant, breathable and have reflektors on the legs. Im a pretty heavy guy and not very flexible to begin with. If I use the standard canvas pants its all just a battle throughout the day. With the flexbile workpants its so much easier to work!
Couple of comments; Boots - I'd say, as a C&J working where you could end up with nails sticking up out of discarded timber is ensure the boots have a steel insert in the sole as well. Me I use 'rigger' boots as they also give sideways protectioon to the ankles. Breathing - now use a Trend Airsheild powered respirator - full face mask, safety helmet, eye protection and can have ear defenders attached as well (see :- www.trend-uk.com/air-pro-anz-airshield-pro-respirator-austalia-new-zealand-plug-240v-authorised-distributors-only)
I do commercial concrete forming, I use supergloves resiting cutting, timberland pro boots and their kneepads pants both very goods, hi vis shirt ( crane work), hard hat, sunglasses ( always outside), nail bags strapeed on a full harnest always in highte
Great episode. I am just a DIYer. Recently I bought 3M earmuffs. What a difference it makes when you do stuff. It's totally silent and you can focus. I have to check out the Snickers pants, so far I am only eating them :-)
Sunhat, my dude. Have to admit I saw your sunhat and went and looked for one like it to replace the useless floppy thing I'd been wearing before. Proper wide brim + neck flap is great.
I recently swapped over to the stylesafe glasses after looking for better glasses, I’ve tried everything the best were the glasses with the extra foam around the eye pieces but after breaking my nose that shape of glasses never sit properly, the rayban shape is so much better
I use those gloves too. I have many pairs of them. I have many different gloves and colours in general, but those ones are my fav, for the same reason as you. They feel comfortable and hug the hands like disposables but with more protection. But different gloves for diff jobs.
I bought a 3M half-mask (7200 series) recently and, my god.. so comfortable compared to the no-brand mask I had before! Which means, of course, that I am _far_ more inclined to actually wear it when I'm working with fibreglass..
1:30 About 36 years ago I had to work in a factory to get some $$$ for a Multi Command Instrument Rating and my first night on the job an old (at the time he was) Leading Hand asked my why I was wearing earmuffs because you get used to the noise fairly quickly. I spent maybe 5 minutes a night with my earmuffs off and that was usually when I walked into the place and got to my machine. I want a pair of those safety glasses. I only do small round the house things but the amount of time the wind catches the sawdust and blows it in through the side of the glasses. Maybe the Universe doesn't think I blink enough. 😏
Earmuffs: If you really want to have the coolest earmuffs in the world, look at the Peltor ws alert xpi... Radio, Bluetooth headset, even little microphones on the outside so you can hear what is around you without it getting too loud. Best things ever (quite expensive though)
I've been watching a crew work on refinishing a water tower in my closest little town. They have an awesome recovery system for the sandblaster and an equally impressive rig for spraying dryfall.All to reduce possible damage to the neighbourhood surrounding the tower.
It's nice to see you do a video on PPE, another channel I use to watch was once asked why they did not use PPE and their response was to call people that use PPE chicken shits and stupid, mind boggling how someone could think PPE is a dumb idea.
I always prefer a lightweight work boot, save lugging that much weight around on your ankles all day. Typically lace up 'runner' type so you have a firm grip with a composite toe. I like tight fitting soft leather gloves with the velcro on the wrists. More expensive but they give the best feel/fit imo.
Do the tool safety vid...cheers bro!
“Cancer causing chemicals. It’s not even a conspiracy it’s just the case”! Total fucking legend right there no bs just telling it as it is🤣🤣
you think they use different chemicals if it been linked to cancer but thinking again could the first set of chemicals they used were even worse!
New Zealand still allows CCA-treated lumber in residential construction. The A is for Arsenic.
Copper Chrome Arsenic treatment is essentially required for any timber that is going to get wet, piles is the example given.
It’s one of those old ish treatments, that nobody (including the government) is under the illusion that its fine for your health.
But its used in places that people generally dont touch it all the time, except the builders. The real danger is when you burn it, a lot of the impregnation comes out then and you can get poisoned.
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They would use something else, if it were available, and was proven beyond a doubt over the long term. The government is extremely risk averse when it comes to new build housing now, after the regulations were loosened up a while ago and made a huge disaster, and were subsequently tightened up again.
There is also would be a lot of criticism about cost increases if they enforced a very expensive treatment. The housing situation is bad enough lmao. Left right, green, blue, you name it, every political faction want more cheaper housing.
That design of half style mask is the best mask I've ever wore, comfy and you can tell nothing bad is getting in. JSP in the UK make the best I've tried.
Also from the UK,prefer my JSP over the 3M 6000 Series Face Mask I also have.
Thanks for the recommendation. Was looking on Screwfix while watching this video and only really recognised 3M.
Easiest fitting and comfiest one I had ('till I bought the powered respirator).
I like how Saeed is just there taping and sanding away while you walk in wearing all your safety gear at the same time :-D
Plasterer's are cheaper to replace so they don't care about their own safety.
The thick snickers kneepads are designed for floor layers. Snickers do a specific style with more hard-wearing knee material and a larger knee pocket. Model number 3223 or 6923. Hope.this helps someone looking for a better trouser and kneepad combo. Uk subscriber, electrician, avid snickers wearer.
Awesome vid. Here’s a tip for anyone who wants it! I wear Carhartt overalls over some shorts, take’em off as soon as I leave the job site. Leaves dust, debris, gunk out of the car/house. I also wear the knee pads that you stick in the pants/overalls. You can keep the knee pads in when you wash your bibs! Save your knees, minimize the grunts.
Yep, the best form of dust protection is to remove the source as practicably as possible, and your use of the vac is the best way.When doing demo an extraction fan is a good method, won't stop the stuff falling from piles above the ceiling, but will minimise the residual dust in the air...always worthwhile wearing the secondary protection though. Keep up the great OHS work Scott and crew...it well worth the effort in the long run. Cheers from Aus!!!!!
I've been in carpentry for many years now. Mostly house framing and I've also done a lot of hardwood flooring. But I never wear knee pads, simply because I almost never kneel down onto my knees. I usually do what some people call the "Asian squat" where I'm working on the floor, still fully on my feet, but my knees are up around my shoulders. I know a lot pf people can't actually do that, especially at my age (54) but it's the way I've done it all my life. If I put on knee pads, then after 5 years they still look brand new!
Good for your back too. I get a great stretch from doing that
Yeah great for your lower back. I solved my long term and debilitating lower back problems by doing just 2 or so mins of spread-knee, deep asian squats a day (while brushing my teeth) before bed. The classic builder's injury. Amazing how loosening up the hips can loosen everything from the lumbar to the hammies.
It's by far the most healthy way to do low work for both back and knees, but like you say, many, many Western adults have let their natural flexibility decay horrendously by the time they're adults and can't pull off that stance. Nothing a couple of months of yoga won't fix though.
Great advice. My grandad (Royal Artillery WW2) went deaf and my dad (Royal Tanks) went deaf from loud explosions. I just do a bit of woodwork with power tools and wear the cans every time.
@5:12, Paerau is spot on. When I have my TrendStealth dust mask and face shield, you kind of do feel invincible. Sanding overhead or pulling stuff down doesn't bother you one bit. I never thought of it that way, but Paerau is spot on. Also, while serving in the (US) Army, I didn't wear hearing protection too often. Sometimes, you couldn't because it's a live fire exercise, but there were times on the grenade range, or MG range when I didn't wear them. I'm 55 and pretty bad mid-range hearing loss. I'm constantly asking "what??what's that???" SO WEAR YOUR HEARING PROTECTION, PEOPLE!!!
I lived on an aircraft carrier for 4 years, my berthing area was DIRECTLY under the waist catapults. Bye-bye to low-mid frequency!
Great video... I learned the hard way a few years ago Scott... Shard of pvc hit my eye luckily docs saved my eye but I lost 50% vision... 6 operations in 15 months... So guys wear your PPE
Love the 3m worktunes earmuffs the protection level is good and so comfortable can wear all day. And those days you want music or podcasts it’s there.
I like you wearing Snickers pants! The same company as Hultafors and founded in Sweden. Swedish - Snickare = English - Carpenter
I had no idea it's Swedish. It makes sense now why it's such a popular workwear brand in Estonia as well.
I looked up his pants and they are too expensive to buy in the USA. I'll just stick to Caterpillar H20 Defender Men's for $63.
Scott, have you checked out the cactus pants? NZ made, very hard wearing.
@@henri6595 yeah im a industrial MAMF in Ireland and everyone including me wears snickers gear its truly the best, shame you guys in the US cant get your hands on it
@@ciarangeoghegan6991 We in the USA can get our hands on them but it's very hard to find and the places reselling them charge way too much. Snickers should just start selling in the USA directly. I do admit Snickers has the best pants design and material out of all the brands I looked it. I think I might have to try Blaklader X1600 Work Pants. I can find those easy it seems.
Smoko time, also one of the most important safety measures. Often forgotten on a high stress job.
Super good point
Hahaha, the irony, a high importance safety tip derived from sucking on cancer sticks!
good video, too many people don't pay attention to this. You might also mention, ventilation and air filters inside. I summer I always set up fans inside to keep the fresh air flow. In winter in Canada I set up hepa filters. The clients are always impressed by that. They are also impressed when you have dust collection on your saws, even outside. You don't blow sawdust all over their flower bed, and clean up takes no time at all.
I build cabinets. I have (3) different kind of bluetooth headphones. Also hook a fan up to blow the dust away. And it feel amazing when you're sweating.
Just framed and floored our attic recently. My knees were killing me having to kneel on trusses. Grabbed a pair of knee pads and what a revelation!! Best $30 Ive ever spent.
Love your work bro.
I wish I used a respirator for the past 30 years. I have breathed in everything. The health issues last year got me thinking and I bought the same 3m respirator you have with 60 extra cartridges ( $23 a pair ). It is so good to not breath in aluminum dust or concrete dust.
I use 3M Peltor alert WS hearing protection. It has active hearing that cancels out damaging sounds, they connect to your phone so you can take phone calls and listed to music.the microphone is so good that I can talk normally while using a chainsaw and be heard perfectly.
Great to see another trades person respecting safty!
Your slowly but surely making me a better worker
Knee protection is like 101 for an electrician. But most people in Sweden use Bluetooth headphones as ear protection. There are some ear protection that meet the DB reduction requirements around here. But they cost like 500 as well ( for a good pair ), so you can answer calls and what not. Other things for protection beyond eye protection tends to be well, those gloves. They help a lot for an electrician that cut into plastic around here. Prevents the slip of a duller knife from cutting through as you work or poking your finger with copper wires that lead to bleeding (done that a few times. )
I personally prefer tie up boots over the slip on one's, just for I've rolled my ankles enough times that I prefer to tighten them as much as I can to help hold everything together on roofs
one thing i haven't seen you setup is a negative air pressure room. It really helps with dust and demo.
Can you please explain how that works?
@@JS-tb9hu basically close up any gaps, then big sucky sucky
When I saw the intro I wasn't sure if I would be interested as I am just a retired like to play with wood person and then, actually paying attention I found this to be very enlightening especially as I want to keep my poor old eyes and lack of hearing ears from getting any worse. Told safety? go for it Scott as the number of times I have done stupid things from not understanding the ramifications of how I do things would make a series on its own.
When I was on the tools in the UK 30+ years ago doing lots of T&G floors etc. the best knee pads were those I could get off miners who worked down the coal pits. Best works boots and most comfortable I have ever had are the ones I got whilst working in QLD, Australia - Steel Blue safety boots with metatarsal guard.
They also give a 100% money back comfort guarantee.
snickers n floorlayer knee pads is a winner everytime
Another great video Scott & team! Yes, would like to see a video on the tool safety you spoke of. Safety is often overlooked and more information is always helpful!!
Hey Scott...yes please to the safety with tools. I'm not a tradie but a more of a weekend warrior in construction and i'm absolutely positive that I can learn something from a professional. Looking forward to your next upload mate. Thanks, your cousins across the ditch.
I feel so privileged to catch the episode this early 😀
I wear what are called "pirate trousers" in the summer time. I get them from the mammoth workwear website. Snickers makes some as well as blaklader etc. They're 3/4 length pants with knee pads that work super well for keeping cool without sacrificing your knee pad pockets. I highly recommend them. I've been wearing them in the summer for years now. Some even have spandex in the crotch to prevent tearing during carpentry gymnastics.👍
The black gloves you mentioned are often called touch gloves at the local retailer near me. Really useful.
Thanks Scott,always useful to hear other people’s ideas for safety and would be interesting to see another video on the operational side of tool use.👍👍👍
Iso tunes for hearing protection are the best! Best of both worlds!
Pretty much the first thing I do when I get to a job is put on my knee pads and pop in some ear plugs. We do a lot on reno work on 50-150 year old houses so pads, plugs and a mask is every day work wear. Annoyingly here in the US there isn’t a health and safety requirement for dust extraction, consequently too few tools come with a dust port to hook a vac to as standard, and it can be a challenge when you’re using a circular saw.
there's another 3m mask we use at work (6500QL), has a quick release on the strap so you can put it on and take it off super quick and easy. generally i find the easier it is to put on and take off the safety gear, the more likely you are to wear it
G, day Scott Brown Carpentry from Sydney, Australia.
Being open and honest: workplace health and safety education needs to be at the top, hands down.
The PPE video you have produced is current, practical and relevant for the home building industry. The impact that workplace injuries have on individuals, Health care, insurance companies and rehabilitation services, all can be avoided with:
*PPE
*Substitution
*Engineering
*Isolation
These strategies save lives.
🌏🇭🇲
I only started wearing ear muffs last year when I started sanding and revarnishing our wooden frame windows and wow they make such a difference.
I've never liked the slip on style boots, mainly because my ankles are pretty stuffed and they have a tendency to roll out without decent support. I run the Steel Blue zip side lace up boots, easy enough to get them on and off, but I can really tie them tightly for ankle support
Plus one for snickers trousers, DeWalt knee pads in them. Never take them out.
Yeah I won’t be buying any other type of pant from now on!
My favorite for hearing protection has to be the 3M WorkTunes Connect- great hearing protection and the Bluetooth connection is great. I’ve been able to take phone calls while running a wood chipper and still be able to hear them!
Thanks Scotty and Paerau, For another awesome video. safety is important!!. We spend the first half of our lives wrecking our health to gain wealth and the second half of our lives spending what little wealth we saved to try and get our health back. i was young and stupid, gungho, thought i was 9 foot tall and bullet proof, 'all rip shit and bust'. didn't think about skin cancers and respiratory diseases, hip, knee, back, shoulder and hernia operations, on top of that the added expense of hearing aids, walking aids, medical aids and plain getting rid of aids...na just kidding but you get my point. new technology safety gear is great, the old stuff was a pain in the arse often uncomfortable and restrictive. safety gear should be number one in anyone's toolkit. it avoids downtime and financial interruptions through injury. well done brutthas keep up the good work !
Have a look for side zip boots. They have laces but you can still get them on/off without undoing the laces. I find them easier to get on and off than slip ons and if you roll or break your ankle you won't do more damage getting it off (or have to wreck them by cutting the boot off). Some construction employers mandate this type of boot in Aus for the above reasons
The 3M worktunes bluetooth earmuffs are amazing. They are $100aud and have absolutely insane noise filtering. I cant hear the person next to me talking and the bluetooth and phone calls features is good too.
i've never understood why some people take out the kneepads from their pants. just seems like an extra step towards forgetting them. Also if u do take them out, u dont get the protection for all the short amount of time when u are just putting down a knee to measure something or pick something up or even when showcasing your knee pads :P
I wish thou i was as good as using masks as you are. My beard and masks is a problem i haven't yet solved.
Totally agree about the ear protection. Plugs don't work for me. Medics have to get out their small children's kit for looking into my ears.
Extremely useful advice that I wish I'd done during last 40 years (occasional but serious DiYer). In last 10 years, if I'm going to work on a dusty area, I have a cheap vacuum cleaner with the hose in the blower port in one hand, a vacuum cleaner hose in the other hand and, often a third machine with hose pointed in a suitable direction - I keep blowing and vacuuming until nothing gets disturbed from nook or cranny and, suddenly, the air smells sweet. Then I start on the dust generating drilling and grinding and keep vacuuming it up. It adds time - which have as DiYer - and makes the job so much less unpleasant.
Never yet found knee pads that work for me.
Hey bro, with regard to earmuffs I must recommend the 3M Worktunes ear muffs - they are about $139 at Mitre 10. They are Class 5 like your Honeywell muffs and to the tunes on or off and to answer and hang up a call is all done with one easy to press button the side -
I’m a Sign Writer down here in Lower Hutt and Ive been using mine a month now and love them. battery lasts ages, charges via USB I can even take a call in a diesel scissor lift and the person on the other end of the call hears me clear as day!
Great video Scott. It's really good to see that you take safety seriously and actually use the gear on the video. I've worked in the Engineering business for most of my career and safety has always been important. I don't know if they're available in NZ but I use Emtec Housebreaker ear plugs. These are custom moulded to your ear and can be worn comfortably all day. They're not cheap (£80 GBP) but a set lasts around five years (Emtec recomend that you have new ones every five years because your ear changes shape as you get older). I like them because they don't interfere with your safety glasses and you can hear normal conversation with them in.
Regarding slip on/ lace boots, it’s funny how through the years our priorities change.
I have zip side lace ups. Best and worst of both... fine adjustment from the laces, but also if you can't tie them properly they come undone. Easy on and off from the zips but zips break. But since I have wide feet I have to buy decent boots anyway and they come with decent zips.
@@mozismobile was going to point this out… zipped laced boots are the bomb.
I used to work in defects for a multi res builder, so was in and out of peoples houses all day. The zips made it really easy and the laces allowed for my different sized feet ;)
Hint: mongrel boots are more comfortable than most sneakers ;)
Your on your feet all day, buy lace ups, they're worth the extra 60 seconds it takes to put them on
One day you'll get up and think "flannel shirt, checkered golf pants, and hush puppies... yeah, should be good enough".
Great video again Scott. Learning a lot from you as a hobby woodworker and owner of a house from 1890. Yes, I would be interested in a tool safety video. Best regards from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
My hands have to many callouses. It's like a built in glove.
The new makita knee pads are great for decking. They act as a solid platform to kneel on whilst being super comfy. They save you from squatting.
Great Video! You should talk about the site protection that you also you do to preserve the site when doing repair works. Makes your future clients appreciate hiring you because you preserve their property
I use nitrile gloves regularly when painting, gap sealing, siliconing and using glues and chemicals. It save your hands and makes cleanup quick and easily. Its also hygienic when your dealing with sewer plumbing, glass insulation, plaster cement, stud adhesive, oil & grease etc.
Love these vids, Scott. This one is very relevant considering the cocktail of chemicals used in building materials these days. But it's not the full story. As you seem to have a lot of apprentices following you can you do a video on how to take care of your body to prevent long term damage. An apprentice starting out now will probably work 50 years. Do your back in on site when your young, you'll "walk-off the pain" & get back to the task in hand but it will come back to haunt you when your older. Don't ask me how I know this!!
All of your videos are quite enjoyable (due to you, Pardo, and friends) so I'm non-committal on your next topic. That said, sure, I'd love to see a tool use safety vid from you. I learn something from your videos each time so I'm game...
really wish this vid came out a month ago before i fell through the ceiling on a job
Hey Scott if your in the market for a second half face mask I use a nearly identical one except it has a quick latch that you can pull to loosen the head strap made by 3M as well. It's super convenient to undo even with both hands full. Also pro tip for the knee pads that use straps get yourself a pair of cheap footy socks (or any thick soft ones) cut the toe off roll it up and put the strap through the sock. It helps heaps, you can sew them together so they are tight to the strap but still lose enough to throw them in the wash to clean.
Great overview of safety gear! I use a half style 3M dust mask like yours. Makes a huge difference. I've been thinking of a that clear full face mask as I wear glasses and some safety goggles don't fit very well when you combine it with the dust mask. I would be interested in a video about tool safety.
Awesome video. One of the safety tools that I recently purchased that isn’t considered Ppe is a non contact ac tester. Great for demo when you want to check if any wires are still live :)
No matter the face coverage, only positive pressure masks are any good for keeping out all nasties.
Clean space 2 is awesome.
You have one body look after it sample
I work for 3M and I am married to an Emergency Room Doctor safe first here.😁. Bias opinion the 7500 series half mask is brilliant. I have tried many 3M and others over the years. The one you have is my favourite. Comes in three sizes and you can get different filters of your needs. You have the 635, FFP3. You can also get gas and vapour protection if need.
One serious point. If you don’t shave your respirator will not seal against your face, effectively by passing the filters.
Good video stay safe 😷
S'funny, I hear that a lot about facial hair. I work with my floor sander sometimes and he has a thin-ish and scraggly beard. Even working with the strongest smelling isocyanates he says once the mask is on he smells absolutely nothing.
Excellent Scott, keep up the good work.
Snickers… slim fit work trousers…
Expensive for a reason…
You can’t beat them … 👍🏼
Scott, once you’ve put the snickers knee pads in, just keep them in. I use their type 2 foam knee pads and in my other pair of snickers I use the D3 snickers knee pads. Both pairs just go straight in the wash and the pads stay absolutely fine. The big silver ones you had are floor layer specific and I think they only fit the floor layer specific trousers.
That's good, you couldn't wash the old ones hot, or they'd melt. I still use the kneepads from my first work trousers... they're going to be 19 this year. I should probably get some new ones. 😏
i always find it a challenge to find masks that don’t steam up my glasses. i have found the RZ mask is great for avoiding this. i use a 3M ½ mask for spraying poly. i don’t wear my mask enough, so good reminder. also like those safety glasses.
Full face respirator w/ acid gas filters (3M 60923, the pink ones from bunnies) is great when you get bad paint stripping flactuance 🤣 All jokes asside though, those filters are awesome, they're accordian folded (like Scotty's white ones) so they don't clog anywhere near as fast as the 2097 P2s.
Ergo in 3M masks is top notch, sure beats the shit we had to wear in high school when we were learning how to patch up car doors.
Luke at Euroworkwear Direct is great to deal with. Been buying gear threw him for a while now.
Could not recommend Snickers enough, particularly the all rounder range
You guys do safety on a whole another level over there man! Compared to what we do here in America. I need to get a respirator but I doubt I would wear it that often.
We use Sunstrum battery pack respirators for grinding and laminating fibreglass. Also need to have a full change of clothes as the paper suit must stay fully on for all the grinding & epoxy work. It can all get a wee bit warm inside those suits. Just a spare t-shirt doesn’t cut it on hot sunny days! 😆
Nothing compares to snickers! Wearing them every day for the last 14 years. Use the snickers kneepads in them
Mechanix original gloves are really well fitted and give great dexterity. I’d recommend trying out a pair. Also, try electronic earmuffs like the ones for shooting. You can hear perfectly with them on, but they still block out loud noises and shut off whenever there’s a bang or harmful noise. Loving the videos. Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪
Jokes on you Scott! I wore leather boots with a thick sole and the nail still went straight through my foot!
There are two types of sole safety inserts available for safety boots/trainers, either a steel puncture resistant plate or the inferior textile puncture resistant plate,which can be pierced by a very sharp object.
Great video. Safety Steve gives the safety video = 'thumbs up'..!!
Great episode Scott.
As a man with a big nose, let me tell you how full face masks are the only way I can go if I want actual protection.
I learned this when I started working with spray finishes. In general demo I always used a paper N95, good for particulates, but when I bought a 3M half mask to do spray finishing, I was still smelling the vapours. I realized my big nose pushes the top of the halfmask out and creates a gap under my eyes. I even bought a second (higher quality and larger size) half mask.
In my gassed out, brain cell damaged states I couldn't figure out why the masks weren't working but once I came to, I bought a full face mask. Gamechanger.
Ive bought the 3M bluetooth ear protection and wow 😅 its kind of a shock when you try it for the first time and you use your usual tools... you just ear soft music.. it feel strange 😅😝 but i love them !
Safety gear is only good if you're wearing it. If you're out of reach of your ear muffs and the saw starts up next to you, out of luck. I wear Howard Leight QB banded earplugs around my neck all the time and I mean all the time. If I'm wearing work gear, I have the earplugs and a pair of safety glasses on top of my head ready to go. Also, safety gear that can go on one handed is the best. Ear muffs get left behind and are difficult to put on one handed. Go with banded ear plugs day to day and grab the ear muffs when you know you're cutting for a while.
Great video Scott and an important one!
Love your content, keep up the good work!
Absolutely want to see a tool safety video. It will keep people thinking about tool safety.
I use a pair of heavy-duty Blundstone 910 slip on boots. They're great. For pants, I buy a brand of pants called "Fristads" It's a Swedish brand that has a great model of workpants. They are soft and flexible like sweatpants. But they are dirt resistant, breathable and have reflektors on the legs. Im a pretty heavy guy and not very flexible to begin with. If I use the standard canvas pants its all just a battle throughout the day. With the flexbile workpants its so much easier to work!
Scott, buy the snickers 6241 trousers, there seriously comfortable
Those knee pad pants just might save me from a lot of pain
As could wearing safety glasses.
Love your videos mate … keep them coming…. From Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Couple of comments; Boots - I'd say, as a C&J working where you could end up with nails sticking up out of discarded timber is ensure the boots have a steel insert in the sole as well. Me I use 'rigger' boots as they also give sideways protectioon to the ankles.
Breathing - now use a Trend Airsheild powered respirator - full face mask, safety helmet, eye protection and can have ear defenders attached as well (see :- www.trend-uk.com/air-pro-anz-airshield-pro-respirator-austalia-new-zealand-plug-240v-authorised-distributors-only)
I do commercial concrete forming, I use supergloves resiting cutting, timberland pro boots and their kneepads pants both very goods, hi vis shirt ( crane work), hard hat, sunglasses ( always outside), nail bags strapeed on a full harnest always in highte
Great episode.
I am just a DIYer. Recently I bought 3M earmuffs. What a difference it makes when you do stuff. It's totally silent and you can focus.
I have to check out the Snickers pants, so far I am only eating them :-)
you should try the 3m peltor ws xpi, awesome earmuffs and you can have either radio or stream something via bluetooth and use the phone with them :D
Agree about 3M Peltor,used them for years,hard to find better.
Great attitude the safety gear. Good to see!
Sunhat, my dude. Have to admit I saw your sunhat and went and looked for one like it to replace the useless floppy thing I'd been wearing before. Proper wide brim + neck flap is great.
This!
I recently swapped over to the stylesafe glasses after looking for better glasses, I’ve tried everything the best were the glasses with the extra foam around the eye pieces but after breaking my nose that shape of glasses never sit properly, the rayban shape is so much better
I use those gloves too. I have many pairs of them. I have many different gloves and colours in general, but those ones are my fav, for the same reason as you. They feel comfortable and hug the hands like disposables but with more protection. But different gloves for diff jobs.
I bought a 3M half-mask (7200 series) recently and, my god.. so comfortable compared to the no-brand mask I had before! Which means, of course, that I am _far_ more inclined to actually wear it when I'm working with fibreglass..
1:30 About 36 years ago I had to work in a factory to get some $$$ for a Multi Command Instrument Rating and my first night on the job an old (at the time he was) Leading Hand asked my why I was wearing earmuffs because you get used to the noise fairly quickly. I spent maybe 5 minutes a night with my earmuffs off and that was usually when I walked into the place and got to my machine.
I want a pair of those safety glasses. I only do small round the house things but the amount of time the wind catches the sawdust and blows it in through the side of the glasses. Maybe the Universe doesn't think I blink enough. 😏
Earmuffs: If you really want to have the coolest earmuffs in the world, look at the Peltor ws alert xpi... Radio, Bluetooth headset, even little microphones on the outside so you can hear what is around you without it getting too loud. Best things ever (quite expensive though)
I've been watching a crew work on refinishing a water tower in my closest little town. They have an awesome recovery system for the sandblaster and an equally impressive rig for spraying dryfall.All to reduce possible damage to the neighbourhood surrounding the tower.
Stayed up for this!
It's nice to see you do a video on PPE, another channel I use to watch was once asked why they did not use PPE and their response was to call people that use PPE chicken shits and stupid, mind boggling how someone could think PPE is a dumb idea.
I always prefer a lightweight work boot, save lugging that much weight around on your ankles all day. Typically lace up 'runner' type so you have a firm grip with a composite toe.
I like tight fitting soft leather gloves with the velcro on the wrists. More expensive but they give the best feel/fit imo.
That 2nd type of respirator is widely known as a "breaking bad".
You're working in the attic, and took a mis-step. 1 leg goes to 1 side of the joist. The other legs go towards the other side.