The harmful factors affect human health and preventive measures in welding process

Author

Shen, Le

Author_Institution

Dept. Of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Dalian Jiaotong Univ., Dalian, China

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 June 2010

Firstpage

3634

Lastpage

3637

Abstract

The harmful substances produced in welding process have seriously endangered the health of welders and had a great impact on the environment. The harmful substances can be divided into physical hazards and chemical hazards. The physical hazards include welding arc, electromagnetic wave, thermal radiation and so on. The chemical hazards include welding fumes, harmful gases and so forth. The paper focuses on analyzing the harmful factors damage welders´ health and corresponding preventive measures.

Keywords

chemical hazards; environmental factors; health hazards; occupational health; occupational safety; personnel; welding; chemical hazards; electromagnetic wave; harmful factors; harmful gases; harmful substances; human health; physical hazards; preventive measures; thermal radiation; welders; welding arc; welding fumes; welding process; Chemical hazards; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic radiation; Electromagnetic scattering; Eyes; Gases; Humans; Pollution measurement; Production; Welding; harmful factors; preventive measure; welding occupation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7737-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MACE.2010.5535682

Filename

5535682