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Welding risks and measures to protect workers.

Welding risks and measures to protect workers.

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HSENI working with industry professionals, has produced a series of six video presentations outlining the risks involved with welding and the controls that should be in place to protect workers. 

1. Safety in Welding Information Series Part 1 - Professor David Fishwick MBChB FRCP(UK) AFOM FFOM (hon) FFOMI (hon) MD

David is a Consultant Respiratory Physician in the NHS in Sheffield and the Chief Medical Adviser for the Health and Safety Executive GB and HSENI. He has a major interest in lung diseases due to work exposures. In the following video David highlights the risk of serious ill health including cancer which can result from exposure to hazardous substances such as welding fume.

 

2. Safety in Welding Information Series Part 2 Neil Pickering CFFOH CMIOSH

Neil is a Chartered Occupational Hygienist and Safety Practitioner and is the Chair of the British Occupational Hygiene Society Breathe Freely campaign focusing on welding. In this video Neil discusses the various options available for the control of welding fume and demonstrates how to use the Breathe Freely Welding Fume Control Selector Tool. The Welding Selector Tool is freely available to those involved in welding operations and can be used to identify potential control solutions for a wide range of welding activities.

 

3. Safety in Welding Information Series Part 3 - John Saunders

John Saunders is a Principal Scientist at the Health and Safety Executives Science and Research Centre in Buxton. In his presentation he describes a number of local exhaust ventilation (LEV) options that are available for the control of welding fume in the workplace. John also talks us through the various stages of installing a new LEV system and the importance of getting each stage right to ensure effective control is maintained.

 

4. Safety in Welding Information Series Part 4 Natalie Regan 

In this video you will hear from Natalie Regan, Health, Safety and Environmental Manager of McCloskey International who describes the process that she and her colleagues worked through to identify and install on-tool extraction for the management of welding fume at McCloskeys.

 

5. Safety in Welding Information Series Part 5 - South West College

 

Demonstration of a fixed local exhaust ventilation system.

 

6. Safety in Welding Information Series Part 6 - McCloskeys International

 

Demonstration of an on-torch extraction system.

 

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