Safety tips while plastering: ultimate checklist

If safety is your primary concern (which we appreciate and it should be everyone’s concern) before accomplishing everything, you are at the right place. Today we will offer some insight into how to stay safe while plastering. Stick to the end to learn about it.

Without further ado, let’s delve deeper.

1. Use the right equipment

If you work as a dry liner or local Coventry plasterer, you need to use the right equipment to protect yourself. For instance, make it a point to keep your head protected with a helmet. This will save you if a chunk of plaster suddenly falls from the roof. Also, wear gloves while plastering. This will help you to stay away from the poisonous contaminant. The elements used in producing plaster, and the colour coating on that, contain poisonous chemicals and you need not touch these directly. A tight rubber glove is ideal because it will allow you to hold the tools without falling.

You should also wear fibre glasses (not your regular glasses or reading glasses but the once made for plastering only). This will protect your eyes if the plaster dust or debris fall from above.

Also, make sure to wear a dust mask. Inhaling plaster dust for a long time can cause severe health disease. So make sure not to stay exposed to the poisonous plaster materials for a long time.

Ensure that your shoes are not slippery and covered. This will help you to maintain a grip on the ladder and you won’t fall so easily.

2. Maintain proper height

If you are using a ladder, make sure to adjust it to the proper height. If you working on the plasters of the roof, keep the ladder adjusted to a height that is not too close to the roof, neither too much down that affects your reach. Before settling to a particular height, adjust the ladder for a few times to customize it for your height. Different people, based on their height, experience and efficiency, require distinct ladder heights.

3. Stay cautious

Make sure to ask someone to hold the ladder for you. This little step can save you from fatal trouble. One out of twenty people, who don’t let anyone hold the ladder for them when they are working, fall down and break some or other organ.

Remember, accidents don’t come with a red alert. And we don’t want you to face such a crisis. So you better stay prepared.

4. Use the right tools

Modern tools deliver better efficiency. These ensure a safe and secure service. If you are working as a plasterer, invest in these. These may seem to be pricey at a first glance but once you start to use these you will understand the difference between them.

We wish you all the best for your next plastering projects. Keep up and share your thoughts with us. We would really appreciate if you could comment down and share the article with your friends and acquaintances.

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