TOPIC : PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR WELDING

STUDENT : ERIKA MELISSA GARCIA ARCE

CAREER : INDUSTRIAL SAGETY AND RISK PREVENTION

SUBJECT : ENGLISH

TEACHER : PERCY AGÜERO TORRES

ILO – PERÚ

2020
Responda la siguiente pregunta:

What kind of Personal Protective Equipment is

used in your workplace?

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Ideally, employers should provide employees with a workplace free of safety and health
hazards. However, due to the nature of a given work operation, employees may be
exposed to potentially hazardous chemical and physical agents
 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Many workplaces require that their employees make use of PPE (Personal Protective
Equipment.

THE MANY FUNCTIONS OF PPE

Bodily protection – of the face, eyes, ears, head and extremities – is a very important
aspect of using personal protective equipment (PPE).

Any worker should be well aware of the different types of PPE available and required for
his or her work. It is vital that every employee be familiar with how to wear PPE properly.

There may also be some protective shields and barriers, protective clothing and
respiratory devices, which need to be carefully maintained and inspected to ensure that
they are in good working condition.

PPE Safety Training is thus an essential component of PPE in the workplace. It’s not
enough to have the PPE on hand. It has to be the right kind of PPE; has to be up to date;
and employees must be adequately trained in the proper use of their PPE.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR WELDING

A welder can use gloves, welding helmet, safety glasses,hearing protection, heat
resistant jacket, respirators, face shields and safety shoes

EYE PROTECTION:
Welding eye protection protects against
injuries from debris and from the effects
of the ultraviolet light. Different types of
helmets are made to protect you when
performing different types of welding.
These vary by shade number, having
a passive or auto-darkening lens
(automatically adjusts to welding rays)
and comfort/fit.
SAFETY GOGGLES

Welding safety goggles – Shown: Soft Side Welding

Safety Goggles by Hardware World
During all-electric welding processes,
operators must wear safety goggles.

Safety goggles protect your eyes from weld

spatter which occasionally gets inside the
helmet.

These clear goggles also protect the eyes from

slag particles when chipping and hot sparks when using an angle grinder.
Contact lenses should not be worn when welding or working around welders.

Tinted safety glasses with side shields are recommended, especially when
welders are chipping or grinding. Those working around welders should also wear
tinted safety glasses with side shields.

HEARING PROTECTION

There are many noise-generating

devices in the welding laboratory that
can damage your hearing, and there
are circumstances in which debris
can penetrate the ear canal.
Earplugs are required to protect your
ears from both loud noises and
foreign object damage. Ear muffles
can be worn to provide even greater
noise reduction.Recommended:
Washable Silicon earplugs on a
string.

FACE SHIELDS

Additional eye protection is required over safety glasses

for certain tasks. For processes that will produce high
velocity particles, a full-face shield is required. A face
shield is required for using portable grinders, pedestal
grinders, abrasive cut-off saws, and sanders.
GLOVES

Leather welding gloves are required to protect the hands while welding. They
should match the welding process that you are performing. Thick leather welding
gloves are recommended for SMAW and FCAW. High-temperature welding
gloves are recommended for FCAW. Medium-weight welding gloves are
recommended for GMAW. Thinner welding gloves that allow increased dexterity
are recommended for GTAW and OAW. Gloves should not be used where the
glove can get caught in rotating machinery, especially pedestal grinders.

BREATHING PROTECTION

There are many fumes and gases produced from welding

and associated processes. It is highly recommended that
a filter mask or a ½-mask respirator be worn for welding
and grinding. FCAW, SMAW and grinding are processes
that produce fumes and particulates.Nuisance filter
masks, type N95 with charcoal, are recommended as
minimum protection. The N95 filters 95% of particles 0.3
micrometers (µm) and larger, while the charcoal filter
reduces ozone (O3) created in the weld process.

For heavy particulate generation and harmful materials

(for example, chromium 6+), a ½-mask respirator with
P100 filter with charcoal filter is highly recommended. A
P100 filters 100% of particles 0.3 micrometers (µm) and
larger. P100’s are also called high efficiency particulate
absorbing (HEPA) filters. As with the N95’s, the charcoal
filter reduces ozone (O3)
WELDING HELMET

A limited number of welding helmets are

provided for use in the laboratory. SMAW,
FCAW, GMAW, GTAW and plasma cutting
require a welding helmet with a welding
approved shaded lens. The amperage used
during the welding process determines the
lens shade. See Table 1 for
recommendations as specified by the ANSI
Z49.1

Recommended: students are encouraged

to wait to buy a helmet. Because there is
such a large range of helmet types and
prices the choice is highly dependent on
the welding process(es), frequency,
environment and fit.

SHOES

Proper shoes will protect

your feet from hot sparks
or falling objects. Here are
some guidelines for buying
protective footwear. The
protective footwear you
choose should comply with
the American Society for
Testing and Materials
(ASTM) standard F2413-
05, which separates safety
footwear into different
categories such as Impact and Compression Resistance.Impact and
compression resistant footwear is constructed with a toe-cap to protect your foot
from falling objects that could crush or break your toes. The new ASTM F2413-
05 standard does not approve of “strap-on” toe-caps. Any protective toe-cap must
be designed and constructed into the shoe during the manufacturing process and
tested as an integral part of the footwear in order to protect feet.

The ASTM F2413 standard has two classifications for compression ratings. A
rating of 75 has been tested to withstand compressive 2,500 lbs and a rating of
50 withstands loads up to 1,750 lbs. before the toe-cap will start to crush or crack.
Also, safety toe shoes/boots are tested to meet one of two units of measurement
for impact rating i.e.75 or 50 foot-pounds. A foot-pound is determined through a
test, which is performed by dropping a steel weight from a predetermined height
at a designated speed. For example, I/75 rated shoes/boots will protect a worker
from an impact of 75 foot-pounds

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING:

All skin areas need to be protected to protect against molten metal and sparks.
Proper clothing can provide a great amount of protection. Welding students are
required to wear natural fiber materials, such as cotton or wool. Long sleeved
shirts and long pants are also required. A welding jacket is highly recommended.

Items that are not allowed include fleece jackets or pants (polyester fibers) or pantyhose
(nylon). Pants should not have cuffs that can catch sparks or hot slag. Sagging is not
allowed for the same reason. Frayed clothes or clothes that have holes are not allowed.

This includes:
•
• Long sleeve shirts
• Pants that cover the tops of shoes
• Gloves
• Shoes or boots
• Hair is protected with something called a welders beanie
• Leather jackets are also effective for protection from slag and
sparks
• Leather aprons provide some protection when sitting down
• Shoe covers called spats protect shoes, something helpful if
you are working on a project that produces sparks and slag
(molten metal)
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION

Filter-type respirators use cartridges to filter

incoming air and remove contaminants.
Uses:
• They are required for open-
air hot work with metals
containing toxic substances
such as galvanized steel, zinc,
or chromium.
• They will not provide
adequate protection in
confined spaces lacking
sufficient ventilation.