Machine shop

The following rules are recapped from the safety manual of Innovation Wing on Machinery Safety

• All users of machinery must wear safety spectacles. Long hair and loose clothes (including scarves, ties, sleeves) must be carefully tied. Suitable personal protective equipment should be worn.
• Working alone in using/operating any powered machinery with exposed high speed moving/rotating part(s) is prohibited.
• Never put your hands/fingers or any part of your body near the moving parts or in the path of motion of machinery.
• All machine guards must be inspected and maintained periodically to ensure it conforms to the relevant safety standard.
• Only students with machine workshop training recognized and endorsed by the InnoWing are allowed to enter and use the Machine shop. Even a student is a recognized trained-user, he/she MUST work under the supervision of a technician competent in machining, as designated by signage of the Machine Shop.
• Further guidelines on machinery safety can be viewed at http://www.safety.hku.hk/homepage/pdf/MSG.pdf.