Thread: Arc Welding UV Radiation

Originally Posted by theelms66

And if you are helping a mate with a welding job in a nice new galvanized garage don't be fooled by looking the other way is ok. 2.am in the morning and you wonder how the hell you got sand in your eyes.

Putting on a new corrugated roof can give amazing results on the sun tan too

Originally Posted by LRJim

And that's just ****ing ridiculous, you hear story's like that all the time about apprentices. I hear things like apprentices running their hands over electric planes to test if the blades are out.
I like to think they are full of ****, but if you believe them you won't make the same mistake.
Cheers Jim

This is true. A friend's son was an apprentice panel beater/motor painter. He has been on the disability pension since age 20 with plastic lungs from not taking or being provided with suitable safety equipment when spraying two pack paints. Got a big compensation payout for employer negligence but he would much rather be able to breathe.

I did it 6 days before my wedding 49.5 years ago.
Bloke next door had an Anglia and wanted to fit full synchro box, which required cutting crossmember and adding angle iron to brace.
I knew of friend who had stick welder so we went over there but he was out. So never having welded before I set about welding with an old manual helmet . Trouble is I didn't know about amps etc and the stick kept on well sticking.

Every time I had to flip the helmet to start again so ended up with flash burns. Had to wear sunglasses up to wedding day. SWMBO was not impressed. At least it taught me respect for welding.
I am not much better at it now but at least have an auto helmet.

Regards Philip A

Also been there done that You learn by your mistakes . I also ended up with the same result spray painting the inside of a steel boat using Tar Epoxy in shorts & singlet. Was OK until I went out into the sun & the paint started to cook me. Another one I have never done again.

Originally Posted by LRJim

And that's just ****ing ridiculous, you hear story's like that all the time about apprentices. I hear things like apprentices running their hands over electric planes to test if the blades are out.
I like to think they are full of ****, but if you believe them you won't make the same mistake.
Cheers Jim

Yeah, you think you have all the safety procedures in place, then the world creates a better idiot to prove you wrong.
In the incident I mentioned, the employer was completely negligent. It's a truly disturbing story.

There is a write up on the safe work NSW prosecutions page about it:
Prosecutions | SafeWork NSW (Open October 2016 tab, look for Tho Services).

Got a wrap in the mighty Newcastle Herald too
Muswellbrook firm Tho Services fined after teenage work experience student suffers permanent injury while welding for five hours without a visor | Newcastle Herald

I managed to chip off some arc welding -still red hot -slag which decided to go between my socks & boot. Very nasty deep burn from that one, so long trousers since then.

Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger

Yeah, you think you have all the safety procedures in place, then the world creates a better idiot to prove you wrong.
In the incident I mentioned, the employer was completely negligent. It's a truly disturbing story.

There is a write up on the safe work NSW prosecutions page about it:
Prosecutions | SafeWork NSW (Open October 2016 tab, look for Tho Services).

Got a wrap in the mighty Newcastle Herald too
Muswellbrook firm Tho Services fined after teenage work experience student suffers permanent injury while welding for five hours without a visor | Newcastle Herald

Too true but I guess people are very uneducated these days with certain things. In that instance the poor kid clearly had no briefing or training of any sort, and was learning unsupervised...very sad.

Thought id update the photo...my leg is absolutely killing me. Shorts been rubbing on it all day doing my head in. My arms pretty burnt but it hasn't started hurting yet.
I used to have a spare pair of pants in the car, better put them back in. Looks like I'm Neapolitan ice cream for a week or so hahaha. My feet never see the light of day, my wife reckons they look like a dead persons feet lol
Cheers Jim