Meeting Welding Fume Extraction Codes & Standards - Grizzly EXTREME Series Owner's Manual

Meeting Welding Fume Extraction
Welding metals can give off poisonous fumes containing zinc, lead, beryllium, cadmium, mercury,
fluorine, hexavalent chromium, and others. These fumes typically originate from fluxes, anti-
corrosion coatings, pigments, metal fillers, and residual chemicals on the workpiece. This machine
is designed to help meet the welding shop clean air requirements mandated by OSHA beginning in
2006. The Model G0965 Downdraft Table is designed to be a part of an overall fume control system.
It is NOT designed to serve as a "single-solution" for keeping workers safe from all welding fumes.
You must contact OSHA to find out how to design and maintain the best overall welding fume
control system for your work station or shop. Often, depending on the workspace size, volume of
work, type of material to be welded, or other special circumstances, you must use additional safety
equipment such as personal air line respirators, hoods, masks, and complete body protection.
Contact the organizations below to help you meet welding fume extraction requirements:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
— Code of Federal Regulations, Title 29 Labor, Parts 1910.1 to 1910.1450, available from the U.S.
Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA
15250-7954 (telephone: 800-321-6742; web site: www.osha.gov).
American Welding Society (AWS), 8669 NW 36 Street, #130, Miami, FL 33166-6672 (telephone:
800-443-9353; web site: www.aws.org).
— Safety & Health Fact Sheets
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036
(telephone: 212-642-4900; web site: www.ansi.org).
— ANSI Z49.1, Safety in Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
— Safety and Health in Arc Welding and Gas Welding and Cutting, NIOSH Publication No. 78-138.
Cincinnati, OH (telephone: 800-356-4674; web site: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh).
International Agency For Research On Cancer (IARC).
— Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Chromium, Nickel, and Welding,
Vol. 49 (1990), Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 (telephone:
212-726-6000; web site: www.oup-usa.org).
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), P. O. Box 9101, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA
02269-9101 (telephone: 617-770-3000; website: www.nfpa.org).
— NFPA Standard 70, National Electrical Code
— NFPA Standard 51, Standard for the Design and Installation of Oxygen-Fuel Gas Systems for
Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes
— NFPA Standard 51B, Standard for Fire Prevention During Welding, Cutting, and Other Hot Work
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH).
— Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices, available from ACGIH,
3640 Park 42 Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45241 (telephone: 513-742-2020; web site: www.acgih.org).
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Codes & Standards
Model G0965 (Mfd. Since 04/23)