This Standard provides safety requirements for the design, construction, testing, and use of hatchets. Hatchets have a striking face on one end of the head for use in driving common (unhardened) nails or striking wood products or both; and a blade or bit on the opposite end for use in cutting, notching, and shaping wood products or wallboard products, or both; cutting, spacing, and aligning soft roofing products; and pulling common (unhardened) nails when the tool is provided with a nail slot.