Safety Data Sheet Metal Welding Fumes

Welding arc and sparks can ignite combustibles and flammable materials.

Safety data sheet metal welding fumes.

The welding process produces visible smoke that contains harmful metal fume and gas by products. Prolonged exposure to manganese fume can cause parkinson s like symptoms. This fact sheet discusses welding operations applicable osha standards and suggestions for protecting welders and coworkers from exposures to the many hazardous substances in welding fume. Short term acute overexposure to fumes and gases from welding and allied processes may result in discomfort such as metal fume fever dizziness nausea or dryness or irritation of nose throat or eyes.

Gases such as helium argon and carbon. It also discusses the control and management of these hazards. Health effects from certain fumes may include metal fume fever stomach ulcers kidney damage and nervous system damage. Fumes generated by the process of joining or cutting pieces of metal by heat pressure or both.

Fluxes containing silica or fluoride produce amorphous silica metallic silicates and fluoride fumes. Copper fumes may cause metal fume fever the symptoms of which are metallic taste dryness or irritation of the throat nausea fever body aches and chills. Read and understand the manufacturer s instructions safety data sheets and the precautionary labels before using this product. Cdc niosh pocket guide to chemical hazards welding fumes skip directly to site content skip directly to page options skip directly to a z link skip directly to a z link skip directly to a z link.

A brief description of the various types of welding and allied processes is included as background information. Fumes from mild steel welding contain mostly iron with small amounts of additive metals chromium nickel manganese molybdenum vanadium titanium cobalt copper etc. This guide describes some of the potential health hazards associated with welding fumes and gases. Refer to section 8.

Overexposure to welding fumes and gases can be hazardous. Prolonged exposure to welding fume may cause lung damage and various types of cancer including lung larynx and urinary tract. Most important symptoms effects acute and delayed symptoms. May aggravate pre existing respiratory problems e g.

This safety data sheet sds is for welding consumables and related products and may be used to comply with osha s hazard communication standard 29 cfr 1910 1200 and superfund amendments and reauthorization act sara of 1986 public law 99 499 and canadian workplace hazardous materials information system whmis per.