Welding And Cutting Safety

These welding safety training powerpoints cover all the dangerous aspects of welding and how you can combat them with safety precautions.

Welding and cutting safety.

Five potential welding safety hazards to avoid by john petkovsek director environment health and safety the lincoln electric company safety is a critical consideration for any welding project. For everyone involved in any phase of welding steel structures engineers detailers fabricators erectors inspectors etc. Arc welding is a safe occupation when proper precautions are taken. Rotation of workers performing welding and cutting tasks and fire watch tasks is an example of an administrative control.

Many hazards are associated with welding and cutting safety but as in any other operations they can be controlled by appropriate preventive measures. Welding and cutting hazard examples are electric shock fumes and gases welding sparks. Health hazards from welding cutting and brazing operations include exposures to metal fumes and to ultraviolet uv radiation. Workers should use only electrode holders that are rated for the maximum current of the electrodes and that have been designed for the task to be performed.

Unless these measures are taken the hazardous situations can easily give rise to personnel injury and or material damage. Safety and health topics welding cutting and brazing. Safety hazards from these operations include burns eye damage electrical shock cuts and crushed toes and fingers. The occupational safety and health administration osha provides basic fire prevention and protection precautions to follow in the welding cutting and brazing standard found in 29 code of federal regulations cfr 1910 252 a.

Indiana university environmental health and safety iuehs developed this program to provide occupational safety guidelines for welding cutting and brazing wcb flame activities in order to comply with occupational safety and health administration osha regulations 29 cfr 1910 252 1910 253 and 1910 254. Pair that with the compressed gas cylinders necessary to operate that tool and you have a dangerous career that requires immense focus and an attitude for safety. To report an emergency file a complaint with osha or ask a safety and health question call 1 800 321 6742 osha.