Oxy acetylene welding: hazards and precautions to ensure safety at welding workplace

There is a number of processes which people follow do to perform the task of welding in an impeccable manner. Out of many procedures, oxy acetylene is one of the most preferred processes because it delivers the desired results. So, if you are looking forward to achieving the desired results then you must invest in a oxy acetylene welding kit.

Oxy acetylene welding kit is of a great application but people get injured every year because of its improper and incorrect application. Sometimes, the carelessness not only causes the significant damage to the property, the inattentiveness becomes the reason for severe injuries and sometimes death as well. Here, in the post, some essential hazards and precautions have been explained so as to minimize the casualties, injuries, and damage to the property as well.

The points explain the possible hazards which may happen during the application of welding kit, or during the handling and transportation of the acetylene cylinder. You must have a picture of these hazards when working with the welding machine so as to avoid the damage:

Heat, flame, molten metal or spark may cause the fire.

It may explode when repairing, welding or cutting a metal drum which might have contained flammable materials.

Fumes which is produced during the process of welding or cutting may turn the surrounding suffocative.

The flame coming from the blowpipe or gas torch is very high in temperature and may burn anything in the blink of an eye.

There may be hazards when transporting the fuel cylinders. The cylinders may get crushed or may get leaked.

Materials like paper, wood, cardboard, plastic, rubber, and textiles easily get burnt when comes in the contact with fire or flame.

Here are the precautions which may help you keep your welding process at safety:

The very first and foremost thing is to set up the welding workplace at such a place which is at a safe location far from a crowded region.

You must remove all the combustible materials, be it liquid fuel, wood, paper, plastic or textiles, rubber etc. everything should be removed from the welding workplace and make sure that there are no hidden combustible materials hidden behind walls or under your welding setup or accessory.

The combustible materials which unable to be removed from their place, they must be covered with any kind of insulating materials.

Moreover, walls must also be equipped with the insulated panels so as to ensure the safety of goods kept in the workplace.

Flame-resistant sheets can be purchased to make the safe passage for the flames through the electric cable, windows or doors. You must ensure the availability of the fire extinguishers in the workplace and must be placed at such place where they can easily be accessed from when in the necessity.

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