Abstract: A safety hose clamp is set forth utilizing a conventional worm gear housing and a worm gear rotatably mounted therethrough for longitudinally directing a forward terminal end of a slotted band through the housing to clamp and enclose a workpiece. The safety hose clamp includes a guide member for maintaining the forward terminal end of the band in contact with the body of the band to minimize obstruction and inadvertent contact of the band with an individual. The guide member may include a single or a plurality of guide loops or may include an elongate arcuate guide loop integrally formed to the housing to maintain and secure the terminal end of the band in predetermined association with the main body of the band. A measurement strip orthogonally mounted at the end of the guide acts as a stop for the terminal end of the band to provide visual indication that an oversized clamp is not utilized on a workpiece of a smaller diameter than the designed clamping range of the clamp structure.