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Feb 16, 2019 10:20:00 GMT
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Sittin' here in a hired tuxedo. Wanna see my bacon torpedo?
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Feb 16, 2019 22:33:11 GMT
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Oops.......!
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Unless you’re under say 40, too late was the cry
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I misread that a wedding fumes are carcinogenic...
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim
1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started.
1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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keyring
Part of things
Posts: 913
Club RR Member Number: 47
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I think this will be a big shock to a lot of people, I myself had no idea...
Will highlight it at work too, we do have LEV, but it’s definitely worth highlighting
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As a panel beater of 21 years I can confirm welding fumes are very nasty. It was never really talked about when I did my training and so I never felt the need to wear a respirator when welding. Now I knew at the time welding fumes can’t be good for you but I never knew exactly how dangerous they were. From causing cancer to destroying your nervous system welding fumes are not fun.
In the spring 2011 I was working in a mainstream crash repair bodyshop and was given the job of replacing a boot floor and rear panel in a new fiesta van. About 90% of the floor had to be mig welded in place and so I spent a fare amount of time in the boot welding the floor and breathing in the fumes which were made worse by the galvanised panel and weld through zinc primer.
That evening I was feeling quite rough, a bit like I was coming down with a cold. The following morning I felt very rough and it felt more like flu than a cold and stayed away from work as a result. Two weeks and a trip to the doctors later I returned to work. The diagnosis by the doctor was metal fume fever! Basically I had poisoned myself by breathing in the welding fumes.
Looking back at my apprenticeship I’m amazed this was never mentioned. I now always wear the correct welding respirator when welding or grinding and improved my own knowledge on health and safety in my job. It’s there for a reason. Stay safe people.
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Yes galvanised metal fumes actually give you similar symptoms to flu, it's nasty stuff.
As a welder I always took it for a given.I would at least be wearing some sort of filter mask appropriate to the task. If your a pro or you regularly do hours and hours I would bite the bullet and by a decent mask and sir feed system by speedglas or similar. They really make a difference and you are much more comfortable. The masks even flick up to show a clear lens for grinding do you do not have to take it off.
Worth every penny.
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