Ways to sell hand tool safety

Lr ELP YOUR CUSTOMER and I I you help yourself as a retailer. This can be especially true when you enrphasize safety in using hand tools.

Your sales people can provide safety tips to customers purchasing hand tools and possibly keep thenr from beconting one of the 30,000 injured each year while using basic tools such as hamnrers. Your sales people also can often ring up addon sales by suggesting safety goggles, new tools to replace tools made unsafe by damage or wear, or the proper tool to do a job safely. A nail hamnrer in disrepair can be a hazard to the user as well as anyone standing nearby. A hammer should be inspected before each use. A hammer face with signs of chipping, spalling, dents, cracks, or excessive wear should be discarded before a flying metal chip causes eye damage or serious injury.

Injuries also can be prevented by using the correct hammer for the job.A common nail hammer should never be used to strike hardened masonry nails, chisels, or other hardened metal objects. Correct use of a hammer also is essential to safety. Blows should be struck squarely to reduce danger of chipping and one hanrmer should never be used to strike another. A hammer with loose or damaged handle should not be used.

A hammer face should have a convex shape with a bevel around the edge for maximum safety. This standard has been established by the American National Standards

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Safety first...a good merchandising tool for retailers. recommendataons for guiding customers in selection and use of hammers... suggestions for promotang safety and sales in hand tools.

Institute. Hammers meeting it are required to carry a warning statenrent alerting the user to the danger of eye damage and the use of safety goggles. A sales person should point out this warning to a purchaser.

Another essential of the safety message is the need to keep tools in good condition by storing them properly. Again this is an invitation for add-on sales in peg board,

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