Tracey Bailey
Business Development Manager - Occupational Hygiene
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has reclassified mild welding fumes as a potential human carcinogen and, new scientific evidence from the International Agency for Research on Cancer discovered that prolonged exposure to mild steel welding fumes can cause lung cancer and possible kidney cancer in humans. Meanwhile, short-term exposure can result in nausea, dizziness, or eye, nose and throat irritation.
Each year around 3,000 people working in construction report breathing and lung problems they believe were caused, or made worse, by their work environment. Over exposure to the following could increase your risk of lung cancer:
Here are our top tips to ensure you and your colleagues are as safe as possible when it comes to welding in the workplace:
Get your head out of the clouds
Ensure good ventilation
Work upwind
When LEV is not available, or you or your colleagues are unable to work outside, the safest way of working to avoid exposure to welding fumes is to use Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) - although this should be considered as a last resort.
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