Safe Welding Training

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.251-255

WELCOME
 Training Objectives
 Training Requirements
 Personal Protective Equipment
 Contractor safety requirements
 Relevant regulatory requirements
 Welding ventilation requirements
 Electric welding requirements
 Basics of confined space requirements
 Fire evacuation, prevention & protection
 General hazards involved with welding
 Oxygen-fuel gas welding safety requirements
 OSHA’s Perception of a Successful
Safe Welding Program
1. Detailed welding safety procedures
2. Extensive employee training program
3. Periodic reinforcement of Training
4. Sufficient discipline regarding
implementation
 ELECTRIC WELDING
Safety precautions for ARC welding
Consider Location of work
WAH hazards
Multilevel work operation
Confined space operations
Lock out tag out requirements
Effect on local processes
Co-worker protection
 Contractor safety requirement
• OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR MUST:
Inform representatives of the facility of the types of
welding that they will be preforming and be
prepared to provide safety information upon
request.
• FACILITY OR EMPLOYER REPRESENATTIVES
MUST:
Inform the contractor of hazards in the area where
the contractor personnel will be working and be
prepared to provide safety information upon
request.
 Tips for Using Contractors to perform
Hot work
Remember you control the facility
Review their procedures with them before
starting the job
Determine their safety performance record
Determine who is in charge of their people
Determine how they will affect your
employess
 ELECTRIC WELDING Conti….
• Safety precautions for ARCC Welding:
o Ensure is installed properly
o Ensure equipment is serviceable
o Always wear suitable protective clothing
o Avoid breathing air in the fume plume
o Keep the work area free of the fire hazards
o Consider hazards associated with wet areas
o Safely dispose off electrode stubs
o Shield other from light rays
o Do not weld near degreasing operations
 ELECTRIC WELDING Cont…..
• Fumes Hazards
Provide sufficient ventilation for operation
Never breath fumes
Remove paints or coating from welding
surface
Consider effects on co-workers
Consider all fumes and smokes hazardous
 Bad and Good practices of ARC
Welding
BAD PRACTICE HAZARD INVOLVED
i. No face protection i. Arc eye,/welders flash
ii. No arm protection burn/cornea infection
iii. Exposed clothe ii. Burn
iv. Exposed solvent iii. Fire
v. Bystander exposed to arc iv. fire/explosion, toxic vapour
vi. Fire exit obstructed v. arc eye
vii. Fire bucket unsuitable for vi. fire, burns
electrical fires - should contain sand vii. electric shock
viii. Fume extraction not effective viii. inhalation of harmful fume
ix. Cable damaged ix. tray arc, burns, electric shock
ELECTRIC WELDING Conti……
• Additional safety measures
 Manufacturers instructions for safe use
 Maintenance reporting requirements
 Individual machine hook-up procedures
 Grounding requirements
 Leak detection of water, or fuels
 Safe use of shutdown switches
 Safe use of electrodes
 Safe use of electric cables
 TRANSPORTING GASES
• GASES TRANSPORTING REQUIREMENTS
 Transport with regulator removed
 Never transport in confined spaces
 Always provide plenty of ventilation
 Prevent ice or snow from accumulating
 Use suitable hand truck or racks to move
cylinders
 Never use or transport a leaking cylinder
 Never transport using slings or electro -magnets
 STORING GASES
• Store only in designated areas
• Store and use only on a first-in first out basis
• Never store without proper labelling
• Identify all empty cylinders
• Store like gases with like gases
• Separate empty cylinders from full ones
• Store within proper temperature ranges
 HANDLING GASES
POST-OPERATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
 Ensure ‘Empty’ or like label present
 Ensure valve is closed completely and cap
cylinder
 Remove from operation following procedures
 Never roll, transport cylinders using hand truck
 NEVER UNDERSTIMATE the hazards associated
with compressed gases.