Nederman: Welding Fumes - Risk and Solutions 

That's a shame to the modern society that people doing such an important and hazardous job are getting paid less than some white collar clerks moving papers from left to right and doing some excel...

My husband aged 51, a hard working Welder Fabricator in the trade from the age of 16. Feb 2020 diagnosed with cancer, Myeloma. We are convinced he was exposed to something? Devastated wife!!!

I'm a newer welder >3 years and I'll share my modest wisdom. I have met a lot of shop foreman that boast about how much money their company makes. Then I take a lap around the welding area. 40, 50, 60 year old welding machines. No extraction, high ceiling yes but active extraction. Mostly never. OSHA says that you must have a high ceiling in a weld area. Most of this stuff is metal particles. Its going to drop, the welding fume doesn't stop being a danger when the arc stops.I personally do not weld unless I have two of three types of extraction. Mechanical by means of a fan blowing or sucking the fume away from your head. Passive/natural, an open freight door. Now before I get someone butt hurt. When tig welding you can always put a piece of cardboard up as a wind break as tig doesn't cause spatter. Lastly personal protection. I wear a half mask with P100 filters in them I change out every week, if its needed or not. PAPR helmets are great, expensive but its the closest thing to 0 exposure. The next best thing is not welding. It blows a stream of purified filtered air out so all your breathing is clean filtered air, instead of the alternative.**For the US with BWC insurance you have health and safety programs and "bonuses" you can receive for preventative things. If you give your employees a respirator or PAPR, its going to discount your policies premiums **Back on track now. Use a mask when your grinding, not just a face shield as it kicks up and under.Its worth the prevention. You don't want to be dealing with WC when your sick. Its an expensive set up to start, but when you think of the alternative its very cheap. We have a shorter life expectancy based off the welders conditions during the 60's-90's when fume control wasn't as readily available. Now I'd like to see the numbers.

Good information on health risk, thanks for posting.

Very useful information. Thanks.

This demonstration is really great. I’m gonna show it To my boss

If your reading this in the future. My Dad died through this. It was awful. Welding fumes. Wear your RPE. Xx

Whenever I grind the galvanized metal at work compared to the regular metal,I get headaches and shit. My cigs taste different even.

Three days ago, I felt the light of Aragon light, I got a lot of trouble for the first two days There is no pain But the problem is that I can see close objects, but I can not see anything 25/30 feet away, all blurred.

Nice video Sir

My dad used to be a welder and build boats boats until he got chronic asthma silicosis. the doctors said that he only had 6 to 10 years to live and it has now been 11 years :) the only reason for this is because my dad smoked pot. and he believes that pot is keeping him alive and i believe his theory too. he would have 1 or 2 cones late in the afternoons and then when its time he would start coughing up a cup full of all this yellowie brown crap within his lungs

thats exactly what i did thank you

I’m in welding school I love to weld, but I’m second guessing my career having bad lungs , eyesight , hearing any advice anyone willing to give

good video

I have to quit welding I been qualified for 19 years and even now if I tack weld ,,I'm crook as anything like I'm dying now ,,,I have high exposure to zinc poisining now even one tack weld I'm fucked my organs are shutting down inside and hurting I can feel it ,,, doctors and hospitals can't pick up on it either so you have to educate them a bit ,,,but don't do it ,,the money I'm losing now but fuck I don't ever want to do it again even my tools I left behind because I'm fuckn scared as hell😢

NEVER weld galvanized without having any areas that will get past 250 deg. fully ground down!

I work in a workshop where only occasionally someone is welding and I get extreme headache and chest pain even though I do not weld myself, just being in the same room.

thanks for the info

Nice work!

Yep im fucked

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I notice that the ozone or argon irritates my sinuses and make me cough like I chain smoked all day. Lithium based weather proof paint makes you feel goofy and tired at the same time. A few good breaths of anything galvanized pretty much ruins you for a day like you're down with a cold, like the video says.

Are you guaranteed to breath the fumes in even with a high end respirator? Im going to welding school and i dont know what im getting myself into health wise. Should i be scared or do i just gotta know all the saftey precautions

I'm not a professional welder but I stick-welded for a couple of hours in my garage without ventilation and I probably won't weld again within the next year, do I have to be concerned?

I weld stick sometimes just for fun. Started to wear a respirator (ffp2) just to be safe. I never weld anything toxic. Just clean steel. Always wipe with IPA alcohol. Cleaned my metal with brake cleaner once but washed it again with alcohol just to be sure. Same with soldering. I bought a fume extractor.

hi iam new welder may i ask what would be the best respirator mask thanks for answering my question

Currently in school i got ultra ultra sick my first week felt like the flu not sure if this trade is for me anymore

At the company I work for we build tanks and I weld inside those tanks allot. Smoke accumulates inside and im breathing in heavy concentrations of it daily. Now I went to the hospital and found out I have lung cancer.

Can get an adflo from 3m, it’s a welding helmet that filters the air. They’re expensive tho and you need to change the filter every now and then.

you do know you can sue the company for not supplying the air purifying helmets im starting my welding apprenticeship soon and we HAVE to wear them otherwise we get kicked off of the course Hope you get well

Can i sue?

No mamen! Ahora se por que mi cunado murio de cancer! Y si acertaron me va apasar lo mismo, todo por no educarnos acerca de los riesgos. Nos compramos rines de $2000 , y no invertimos en un buen equipo de proteccion, para uno mismo,

13 year old video and many firms still have no lev extraction systems

Second day of welding school and after cutting all day i have black stuff in my nose. My spit is also black. Makes me not want to weld. I was oxy fuel cutting. Its not as bad when you weld but it still happens. Thats how u know ur breathing bad stuff

I got really sick after a welding day at work. I think it could be to poor ventilation, all we had was just fans to blow the smoke away. My symptom was that I can't really breath and every time I breath I felt a sharp pain and my lungs feels heavy. I was welding galvanize metal. I'm very worried about my health now!.. What should I do?.... Any help, suggestion?....

Shit, did you wear any respirators? I took a 6 week welding class, and we practiced non-stop. Every time school ended we would wash our nose to remove the black mucus. I used to get headaches, and still do. Wish I would have bought a Welding respirator.

what about siggerets ? after welding property

how far are large companies that galvanize steel have to be from neighborhoods or living complexes? also, are the clothes that the welder wears while working , is that also contaminated? if so, can he spread chemicals by not taking off his uniform and going to a public place ?? thanks !!

I weld for a company and have being asking for better extraction for years they do not listen,even joined the union still no joy.

I don't want to drown from my own blood

I've never seen that personally building industry for 25 years I know people that have suffered I've seen people within a couple of months get what's known as black lung for breathing all the crap in a tanker building grinding welding fumes smoking doesn't help I've been wearing an under hood respirator for the last few years haven't smoked in 12 years I am in pretty good shape now if you can consider round a shape long protection is definitely a must

Welding fume extractors are solutions for fume and dust 😊🙂

serious buddy

🙏

I've had it, it sucks ass, I felt sick and tired and coughing for days after a bought of welding in college, I dunno what I did but I got sick wleding.

@mjdubor Are you serious or joking?

Thanks for info. btw: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

I should have known this before I got into welding. I'm scared now.

Sandals????? WTF>> @ 0:29

I’m a 14 year old welder I may have been exposed to these fumes for a few minutes will I be ok

I weld 12 hrs a day and smoke a half a pack a day what else could go wrong

They're probably welding on galvanised metal

If I was that guy welding without a welding helmets I would steal my bosses boots coming up through my ass

ironically its safe to weld lead?????

I was in school and inhaled a bit of smoke i was making a coin shape because why not. Will i die ?

Wait to you go to get a CT scan from breathing metal dust in the air from grinding you throat will hurt.

Suicide by welding?

Saying "high levels" is kind of meaningless without some quantifiers...sheesh.

bull shit and bolluks. ive worked all over the world plater welder. have this company here ever been to site NO. you cannot eliminate fumes in a workshop I cant be askt to type anmore

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I work in a place where there's a welding facility just outside and a sandblasting on the other side. I see this black dust appears on my desk, white papers darken. Could that be the welding dust ?

good video