Reflect on previous machine shop visits and describe any personal safety & machine safety violations

Well even though I don't have a ton of experience in gunsmith machine shops, I did learn a thing or two about using a lathe while going to school for glass blowing. While transitioning from military life back to civilian I used my GI Bill to go to school for glass blowing in Salem New Jersey. I did some art courses and I did some scientific Glass blowing courses and witnessed a number of safety violations during my time there. Normally this was the students fault and not the instructors. The only real difference between a lathe use for glass blowing and one used in a machine shop for guns is the material you chuck in and instead of bits used to cut metal we had torches to melt glass. I have seen people in baggy clothes get way to close to the lathe and almost get caught up because of it. Also, because this was a school, the teacher and students would all gather around the machine and ignore the minimal standoff distance to get a better look at what was being done. Another issue I saw a lot was individuals not wearing safety glasses in the work shop. Most were not wearing them because they themselves had not started working yet but the issue becomes their proximity to others who were already working next to them. What some people don't understand is that if cold glass is rapidly heated incorrectly it can shock the glass and send shards of hot glass in every direction. Anytime you enter a machining facility of any kind you should always be sure to follow their safety guidelines and wear the proper safety equipment at all times. This helps to avoid serious injury and or death and is very important.