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6.
ANSI Standard
Z49.2,
FIRE PREVENTION IN THE
USE OF CUTTING AND WELDING PROCESSES
obtainable from the American National Standards
Institute,
1430
Broadway,
New
York,
NY 10018.
7.
AWS Standard
A6.O,
WELDING AND CUTTING
CONTAINERS WHICH
HAVE
HELD COMBUS
TIBLES obtainable from the American
Welding
So
ciety,
550 N.W. LeJeune
Ad, Miami,
FL 33126.
8.
NFPA
Standard
51,
OXYGEN-FUEL GAS SYS
TEMS FOR
WELDING, CUTTING,
AND ALLIED
PROCESSES
obtainable from the National Fire
Protection
Association,
Batterymarch
Park,
Qui ncy,
MA 02269.
9.
NFPA
Standard
70,
NATIONAL
ELECTRICAL
CODE obtainable from the National Fire Protection
Association,
Batterymarch
Park,
Quincy,
MA
02269.
10. NFPA Standard
51B,
CUTTING
AND~WELDING
PROCESSES obtainable
from the l~s#ationaI Fire
Protection
Association,
Batterymarch
Park,
Quincy,
MA
02269.
ii.
CGA
Pamphlet
P-i,
SAFE HANDLING OF COM
PRESSED GASES
IN
CYLINDERS obtainable
from the
Compressed
Gas
Association,
1235 Jef
ferson Davis
Highway,
Suite
501,
Arlington,
VA
22202.
12.
CSA Standard
W117.2, CODE
FOR SAFETY IN
WELDING
AND
CUTTING obtainable
from the Ca
nadian
Standards
Association,
Standards
Sales,
178 Rexdale
Boulevard, Rexdale, Ontario,
Canada
M9W
1R3.
13. NWSA
booklet,
WELDiNG SAFETY BIBLIOGRA
PHY obtainable from the National
Welding
Supply
Association,
1900 Arch
Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19103.
14.
American
Welding Society
Standard
AWSF4.1,
RECOMMENDED
SAFE PRACTICES FOR THE
PREPARATION FOR WELDING AND CUTTING
OF CONTAINERS
AND
PIPING THAT HAVE
HELD
HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES,
obtainable
from the American
Welding Society,
550 N.W.
LeJeune
Ad, Miami,
FL 33126.
15. ANSI Standard
Z88.2,
PRACTICE FOR RESPIRA
TORY
PROTECTION,
obtainable from the Ameri
can
National Standards
Institute,
1430
Broadway,
New
York,
NY 10018.
SECTION
2-
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND SIGNAL
WORDS
2-1.
GENERAL INFORMATION AND SAFETY
32. General
Information
presented
in this manual
and
on
various la
bels,
tags,
and
plates
on
the unit
pertains
to
equipment
design,
installation,
operation,
maintenance,
and
troubleshooting
which should be
read, understood,
and
followed for the safe and effective
use
of this
equipment.
The
nameplate
of this unit
uses
international
symbols
for
labeling
the front
panel
controls. The
symbols
also
appear
at
the
appropriate
section in the
text.
33.
Safety
The
installation,
operation,
maintenance,
and trouble
shooting
of
arc
welding equipment requires practices
and
procedures
which
ensure
personal safety
and the
safety
of others.
Therefore,
this
equipment
is
to be in
stalled,
operated,
and maintained
only by qualified
per
sons
in
accordance with this manual and all
applicable
codes such
as,
but
not
limited
to,
those listed
at
the end
of
Section
1
Safety
Rules For
Operation
Of Arc Weld
ing
Power Source.
2-2. SAFETY
ALERT
SYMBOL
AND
SIGNAL
WORDS
The
following safety
alert
symbol
and
signal
words
are
used
throughout
this manual to call attention to and
identify
different levels of hazard and
special
instruc
tions.
a
This
safety
alert
symbol
is used with the
signal
words WARNING and
CAUTION
to
call
atten
tion to the
safety
statements.
a
a
WARNING
statements
identify procedures
or
practices
which
must
be followed
to
avoid seri
ous
personal injury
or
loss of life.
CAUTION
statements
identify procedures
or
practices
which
must
be followed
to
avoid minor
personal
injury
or
damage
to
this
equipment.
IMPORTANT
statements
identify special
instructions
necessaiy for the
most efficient
operation
of this
equip
ment.
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