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1. Many injuries Slipped with a Stanley blade buried in my palm cut a nerve now have very little sensation in left little finger.
Whilst drunk I fell onto a tray of 40k 2nd Ed gretchin trip to a+e to have one removed from shoulder pointy bloody hats!
Epoxyied hand to desk
Knife rolled off desk landed point down in thigh
Passed out from fumes and inadequet ventillation

But the all time worst is a splinter from a bamboo skewer under my thumbnail, which got infected not only was the splinter agony but the infection was grim and couldn’t use my thumb for a week or two

2. I actually have an artical drafted for the site on this topic!
So tldr preview is:
Buy a mini sharps bin from amazon, put all ur old blades in it, if you have kids you won’t panic (that they will hurt themselves, you will panic for your minis) if they are in your hobby space, you won’t find your binbag lacerated when you take bins out

Get a magnetic parts tray and put your tools on it so they don’t roll off work area

Ventilation, by the time you notice the headache it’s too late

Cut away from your self

Snips and embroidery scissors are much safer than knifes and do a better job for most assembly tasks

Keep the lids on your glues

Wear a face mask if you sand anything especially resin, most dusts are carcinogenic if you breath them in.

Loads more but they are top tips in my book

3. Blacker than priest socks, stronger than iron

Building gundam this weekend, kids stuck inside so no glue fumes it’s all push fit and just need snips and wet and dry sandpaper (use wet reduces dust getting airborne)