I have recently visited one of my clients fabricating a range of well-known industrial heavy duty transport vehicles. I have been asked to evaluate employees’ exposure to various occupational contaminants ranging from simple nuisance dust, volatiles to toxic and carcinogenic welding fumes. The production facility consisted of two large open plan fabrication buildings. The main [...]
Welding fumes exposure assesment
I have recently visited a company which specialises in production of catalytic converters. The company had a fairly large production area with approximately 60 employees. The majority of the employees were engaged in welding operations with a small number working on CNC machines. All of the welding operatives were engaged in similar type of work [...]