Health & Safety Information

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There is a lot of information on the Health and Safety website to help fabrication employers and welders understand the health risks involved in welding. This page is just links to a website where information can be found.

 

Welding fume: protect your workers

These are the key points from the HSE website, please follow the links.​​

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•  Overview of risks

By law you must protect your workers by controlling the health risks from welding fume. This applies to specialist welders and workers who do some welding, no matter how small the amount​

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• How to control the risk

Consider controls in all welding work

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• Maintain exposure controls

You must make sure any controls you have to protect your workers from health risks from welding fume remain effective.

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• Health surveillance 

Health surveillance is a system of ongoing health checks.

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• Training

You must train workers, especially those new to the job. Tell them that fume and dust from welding and cutting can cause lung cancer and other lung conditions, if not properly controlled.

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See website for the specific details.

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