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Welding Workplace Exposure Standard reduction

Welding Workplace Exposure Standard reduction

The Workplace Exposure Standard for Welding Fume changed from 5 mg/m3 over an eight-hour working day to 1 mg/m3 over an eight-hour working day in January this year – Immediate changes to the workplace exposure standard for welding | WorkSafe.qld.gov.au.

Welding fumes is one of the hazards of welding.

Harm associated to Welding Fumes exposure includes but are not limited to:

  • Airway irritation
  • Kidney damage
  • Neurological damage
  • Digestive issues
  • Hearing loss
  • Chronic lung disease (asthma, siderosis)
  • Lung and kidney cancer (Group 1 Carcinogen – carcinogenic to humans).

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