Safety is a learned behavior.  Someone who approaches a problem with a negative attitude most likely will not solve the problem easily.  Approaching safety standards is the same way.  If you accept the fact that an incident can happen and then take the necessary precautions, you are minimizing the opportunity for injury.  Learning how to address these issues is not difficult but acknowledging you can suffer consequences is not easy.  Woodworking tools, mechanical or manual, don’t differentiate between experience or novice.  A mature, experienced woodworker will admit an incident can happen under certain conditions regardless of who is performing the task.   Learning you are not exempt from injuries is the first step to safe woodworking.  How you behave with this knowledge dictates your safe work habits.  Taking time to look at your surroundings and recognizing the potential areas is necessary to maintain a safe work environment.  With experience you learn what hazards exist in specific tasks and how to eliminate them.  As your craftsmanship increases so will your safety because it too is a learned behavior.

Enjoy your shop time!

Jerill