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Welding, cutting, and brazing pose a combination of safety and health risks to more than 500,000 workers in a wide variety of industries. The risk from fatal injuries alone is more than four deaths per thousand workers over a working lifetime.
Health hazards from welding, cutting, and brazing operations include exposures to metal fumes and to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Safety hazards from these operations include burns, eye damage, electrical shock, cuts, and crushed toes and fingers.
These hazards can affect not only the person doing the work, but the people, materials, and structures nearby. Many of these risks can be controlled with proper work practices and personal protective equipment (PPE).
General hot work hazards
Hot work hazards vary, depending upon the facility, equipment, number of workers present, and the job at hand. Examples include:
General protective measures
Many hazards of hot work can be minimized or avoided with proper equipment and practices.
Welding, cutting, and brazing pose a combination of safety and health risks to more than 500,000 workers in a wide variety of industries. The risk from fatal injuries alone is more than four deaths per thousand workers over a working lifetime.
Health hazards from welding, cutting, and brazing operations include exposures to metal fumes and to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Safety hazards from these operations include burns, eye damage, electrical shock, cuts, and crushed toes and fingers.
These hazards can affect not only the person doing the work, but the people, materials, and structures nearby. Many of these risks can be controlled with proper work practices and personal protective equipment (PPE).
General hot work hazards
Hot work hazards vary, depending upon the facility, equipment, number of workers present, and the job at hand. Examples include:
General protective measures
Many hazards of hot work can be minimized or avoided with proper equipment and practices.