Welding Safety
This booklet is a guide to safe work methods and practices wherever welding and gas-cutting are performed in the industrial environment. It should be closely studied by employers and workers, tradespeople, apprentices, and anyone who has to use welding or gas-cutting equipment in a factory or workshop, on a building site, or in any other workplace.
Information in this booklet conforms with NZS 4781:1973 Code of practice for safety in welding and cutting. As this booklet is a general guide, the code of practice should be referred to when more specific information is required on any point.
Table of Contents
Foreword
PART 1—GAS WELDING AND CUTTING
Storage and handling of cylinders
Gases used in welding and cutting
Assembly of equipment
Flashbacks: the causes and cure
Sequence for lighting up
Sequence for shutting down
General safety rules
Hazards and how to avoid them
Repair of petrol tanks etc.
PART 2 — ELECTRIC WELDING
Arc welding machines
Equipment checklist for operators
General safety rules
Hazards and how to avoid them
PART 3 — FURTHER SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
Training of gas/electric welders
Overalls and protective clothing
Protective equipment
Fire protection and extinguishers
Work in confined spaces
Ventilation systems
New Zealand Standards
APPENDICES
Special cutting and welding systems
Welding terminology
