Lincoln Electric Welding Fume Control Brochure

Methods for Controlling the Employee's Route of Exposure
Source Pathway
Substitution: Isolation: Personal Protective
• Process • Automate and Ventilate Equipment
• Consumable • Regulated Work Area
Medical Surveillance
• Gas
Ventilation:
• Procedure
Housekeeping
• Source Extraction
• Advanced Welding
• Local Exhaust
Technology Clothing & Hygiene
Ventilation
• General Shop Extraction
and Ventilation
Air monitoring- initial Air monitoring- periodic Air monitoring- frequent
assessment to demon- assessment of ventilation personal monitoring to
strate potential fume controls to demonstrate determine adequacy of
exposure level below the continued fume control respirator protection factor.
applicable standard. below applicable standard.
Training- Welding work Training- Welding and Training- PPE training,
practice controls. ventilation work practice operating work practices,
controls. personal hygiene, medical
surveillance, hazard
communication, record-
keeping, etc.
Equipment Ventilation equipment PPE and respirator
maintenance maintenance maintenance
Environmental Systems Family
Employee
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