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VHS English Version Product Number: 5-1029EVHS
DVD English Version Product Number: 5-1029EDVD
List Price: $69.95
Length of Video(in Minutes): 5
Publisher: Digital-2000, Inc.
Description: Quick 5-Min Video on Welding Safety.
Excerpt: This program will discuss the general safety and health
hazards associated with welding and cutting. And examine hazards and controls
specific to oxy-fuel gas welding, cutting, and arc welding. Whenever possible
the focus will be on relevant standards. The hazards associated with welding
and cutting arise from toxic gases, and fumes, radiation, electrical circuits,
and flammable and combustible materials. Chemical agents commonly encountered
in welding include the fumes of nickel, zinc, iron oxide, copper, cadmium, fluorides,
manganese, chromium and gases such as carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen and
ozone. Physical agents include visible, infrared, and ultraviolet radiation,
noise, vibration, thermal energy, and electrical energy.
Fumes generated during
welding and cutting operations may arise from the base metal being worked on,
from coatings previously applied to the base metal, from the flux present, or
from the filler metal being used. Other than fumes other solid materials such
as fluxes and filler metal may enter the air as fugitive dusts. Mineral and
metal dusts may also be produced. Welders exposed to fumes containing such
substances as iron, chromium, chromates, lead, and aluminum may suffer damage
to the lungs, lung cancer, possible nervous system problems, and irritation to
the eyes, nose, throat, and lungs.
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