Monitoring Exposure to Welding Fume – BOHS Breathe Freely
BOHS Guide to the subject of Monitoring for Welding Fume exposures.
Air monitoring and measurement for welding fume may be needed where there is a serious inhalation risk to health and where the likely exposure level of the welders to the fume is not known, e.g.during the Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding of stainless steel.
Monitoring may also be needed to help confirm that the control measures in use are working correctly, as a deterioration or failure of engineering controls could result in welders being exposed to high levelsof fume.
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