Tips for Welding, Cuttings and Brazing

* Safety and Health Fact Sheets: American Welding Society Fact Sheets covering aspects of safety and health applicable to welding and cutting. Includes subjects such as fumes and gases, radiation, noise and electrical hazards. Produced by the Labeling and Safe Practices Subcommittee of the AWS Safety and Health Committee.

* Electric Welding Safety: Workplace Safety and Health Division of the Manitoba Labour Department, Worksafe Bulletin Provides a short description of the hazards associated with electric arc welding and protective measures.

* Arc Welding Safety: University of Arizona College of Agriculture. The electric arc welder remains one of our most useful and timesaving pieces of shop equipment. Properly installed and used the arc welder is very safe, but if used improperly the operator can be exposed to a number of hazards, including toxic fumes, dusts, burns, fires, explosions, electric shock, radiation, noise, and heat stress.

* American Welding Society: The American Welding Society was founded in 1919 as a multifaceted, nonprofit organization with a goal to advance the science, technology and application of welding and related joining disciplines. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, AWS serves more than 48,500 members in the United States and around the world.

* NIOSH Strategic Research on Welding Identifies Data Needs: Some studies suggest that occupational exposures to welding fumes may pose the risk of serious respiratory, neurological, and reproductive effects. However, the available data generally are too limited to offer conclusive answers. Thus, scientists and policymakers face a need for more and better data.

* Welding Fumes Sampling: This summary prepared by MSHA provides guidance on hazards associated with welding and procedures for chemical sampling.

* Control Technology Assessment of Welding Operations A field study performed by identify, observe, and evaluate engineering control measures that may reduce the amount of fume a worker is exposed to during welding. Includes photos and figures of local exhaust systems.