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How harful are welding fumes? should i be concerned?
Its my job and has been for the past 6 months. I never thought anything about it but i've noticed a few people using ventilation pipes coming from a fan on their back so theyre breathing in clean air and it just occured to me it could be really affecting my health. Is it worth getting one of these systems, and how harmful are welding fumes? I only weld mild steel and occasionally galv. Please give help and statistics or whatever thanks.
It is a big workshop with open doors and big pipes above which i assume are extraction things, but its obviously going to get to me before them. I know for a fact i'm brathing in the fumes i just dont know how harmful they are
Most welding consumables for carbon steel contain 1-2 percent manganese, chronic exposure to welding fumes and welding dust can result in a condition known as Manganism, which is medically almost identical to early-onset Parkinson's Syndrome. This is troubling because symptoms don't usually appear until a person is in their 40's or 50's after which the damage has already been done.
Aside from manganese exposure, the fine particles in welding fumes can cause occupational lung disease.
Zinc oxide fumes created by welding galvanized steel are particularly irritating to the lungs, and breathing fumes from galvanized can result in an acute condition called "metal fume fever." This can also be caused by breathing especially large quantities of fumes from manual stick welding or flux-cored arc welding as well. Welding galvanized tends to produce an unusually large volume of fine particles due to the relatively low boiling point of zinc. Again, chronic exposure can lead to occupational lung disease.
Your employer ought to be willing to provide you with individual workstation-level fume extraction equipment. If not, then I'd advise at least a NIOSH P99 or R99 rated particulate mask or respirator if you're welding continuously for long periods.
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