Welding
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Welding Articles
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Welding Precautions [Jan 2009]
Risk to the health of workers must be minimal
This article looks at the safety aspects of different types of welding processes and assesses precautions to be taken. Welding necessitates careful risk assessment and the provision of good procedures, but it is not difficult to provide protection for welders that makes the job no more hazardous than any other workshop practice.
Creating a Safe Welding Environment [May 2008]
Methods, Dangers and Solutions
Welding shops were traditionally noisy, dirty places (Figure 1). Smoke filled the air, which always had that tangy smell of ozone to it and you needed constantly to avert your eyes from blue flashes as arcs were ignited. Periodically on a walk through any fabrication shop you would need to step carefully over trailing electrical and welding power leads, duck under protruding metalwork and dodge showers of sparks from grinding.
Creating a Safe Welding Environment [May 2008]
Methods, Dangers and Solutions
Welding shops were traditionally noisy, dirty places (Figure 1). Smoke filled the air, which always had that tangy smell of ozone to it and you needed constantly to avert your eyes from blue flashes as arcs were ignited. Periodically on a walk through any fabrication shop you would need to step carefully over trailing electrical and welding power leads, duck under protruding metalwork and dodge showers of sparks from grinding.
Protect Your Welders [Jan 2007]
Anticipate potential hazards and provide adequate protection
Picture a man holding a face screen in one hand, an arcing rod in the other, enveloped in clouds of fume - that’s welding isn’t it? Well, no, not any more! This is a far cry from the modern workshop; welding covers a wide variety of processes each with their own requirements in personal protective equipment (PPE) and the risk to the health of the worker should be minimal.
Protect Your Welders [Jan 2007]
Anticipate potential hazards and provide adequate protection
Picture a man holding a face screen in one hand, an arcing rod in the other, enveloped in clouds of fume - that’s welding isn’t it? Well, no, not any more! This is a far cry from the modern workshop; welding covers a wide variety of processes each with their own requirements in personal protective equipment (PPE) and the risk to the health of the worker should be minimal.
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Do You Know Your WEL? [Jul 2006]
Understanding the hazards from welding fumes
Welding [Jan 2005]
To the inexperienced health and safety practitioner, welding operations can at first appear confusing, with the terms MIG, TIG and MMA frequently used around the workshop.
It is important that the fundamental principles of welding be grasped before the health effects of the operations can be assessed and quantified and workplace controls implemented.
Manual Welding [Apr 2004]
Ergonomics and musculoskeletal health
