Welding Workplace Exposure Standard reduction

Are there any welding processes in your organisation?

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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