Hot Work, Welding, & Emergency Response

Fatal injuries from welding include a risk of more than four deaths per 1,000 workers over a working lifetime. Within the construction industry alone, welder's flash-burn to the eyes-accounts for 5.6% of all construction eye injuries.

The OSHA regulations cover the two main regulations for gas welding and arc welding, as well as hot work welding. If you are working with any of these welding types and do not follow safety measures, you can be exposed to the following:

• Toxic fumes generated by the hot work.
• Fire and explosions caused by flammable or combustible materials or airborne gases, vapors, or particulates.
• Eye damage from ultraviolet radiation generated from electric arcs.
• Oxygen deficient environments from exposure to hazardous fumes or gases.

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