Welding Safely

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This pamphlet provided information on potential health and safety problems associated with welding. Topics included the types of welding, hazards associated with welding, controlling welding hazards, management responsibilities, and worker responsibilities. Some of the more frequently used types of welding were oxygen/acetylene, helium arc, carbon arc, resistance welding, metal electrode arc, and brazing operations. Certain hazards common to almost all welding processes included damage to the eyes and skin from infrared and ultraviolet radiation, burns from contact with hot metal or sparks, adverse physiological effects from breathing metal fumes and gases, accidents from materials handling, and electrical shock. Important air contaminants which may be released included ozone (10028156), carbon-dioxide (124389), carbon-monoxide (630080), the oxides of nitrogen, and various constituents of the rods, rod coatings, and metals. Major control methods included adequate ventilating systems and use of personal protective devices. Management must assume the responsibility of informing welders of the hazards and supervising them at work. Workers should abide by the safety rules of the company. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Eye Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Particulate Matter Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Sense Organs Welding

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• Keywords:
  Airborne-dusts Eye-protection Metal-fumes Metal-industry-workers Metal-workers Personal-protective-equipment Pulmonary-system-disorders Safety-practices Welders-lung Welding-equipment Work-practices

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet or Booklet
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00180452
• Citation:
  Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 75-109, 1974 Jan; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Ozone (CAS RN 10028-15-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:77f2993e64328001e8ad68d5f8514c216b3edaedb7a93265ef11ba904e2c1b6ca1ced83b96fbb6d29f82a1790cb4d020967db1b56eafdb9efc9745c846d76265
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209520/cdc_209520_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 472.95 KB ]