Comment on Anon takes the welding pill

SeekPie@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• nevemsenki@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Only if you don’t use proper shields.

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  • Landless2029@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For real. The number of times I’ve seen people “weld” without proper eyewear is ridiculous. Mainly “street” techs or “friends” doing work for a quick buck. The ONE I saw recently using PPE was a corporate worker fixing a ladder in a retail store.

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  • Meron35@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And give you a higher chance of getting Parkinson’s from the manganese in the welding fumes.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Only if you don’t wear a respirator to filter that shit

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    • blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well where the fuck do you think we live? America. Ain’t nobody getting that shit here.

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      • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I wear a respirator while welding, but it’s only really a hobby for me so far. But now I’m curious which filters actually catch manganese, I’m usually worried about accounting zinc (on galvanized steel), because it can make you ill for a couple days, unless you drink a glass of safety milk.

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      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Good employers will pay for it or provide it, even in the US.

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have literally never seen a welding mask with either a built-in respirator or enough room in front of the mouth/nose to accommodate a separate one. Do such things even exist?

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      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        www.millerwelds.com/safety/respiratory

        Sorry for your condition, must be hard not being able to do a web search :(

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      • LordGimp@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Are you serious? PAPR systems have been around forever. I’ve seen old setups that are fitted to use pressurized air from compressors. Just don’t forget to trap the line or you’re gonna get real oily and moist real fast.

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  • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just looked it up and N95-P100 masks/respirators cover most exposure that welding should create. I’m a hobbyist welder, but wear a P100 respirator 95% if the time (100% indoors).

    From NIOSH:

    RESPIRATOR RECOMMENDATIONS

    NIOSH

    Up to 10 mg/m3: 
    (APF = 10) Any particulate respirator equipped with an N95, R95, or P95 filter (including N95, R95, and P95 filtering facepieces) except quarter-mask respirators. The following filters may also be used: N99, R99, P99, N100, R100, P100. 
    Click here for information on selection of N, R, or P filters.
    (APF = 10) Any supplied-air respirator

    Up to 25 mg/m3: 
    (APF = 25) Any supplied-air respirator operated in a continuous-flow mode
    (APF = 25) Any powered, air-purifying respirator with a high-efficiency particulate filter.

    Up to 50 mg/m3: 

    (APF = 50) Any air-purifying, full-facepiece respirator with an N100, R100, or P100 filter. 
    Click here for information on selection of N, R, or P filters. 

    
    (APF = 50) Any supplied-air respirator that has a tight-fitting facepiece and is operated in a continuous-flow mode
    (APF = 50) Any powered, air-purifying respirator with a tight-fitting facepiece and a high-efficiency particulate filter
    (APF = 50) Any self-contained breathing apparatus with a full facepiece
    (APF = 50) Any supplied-air respirator with a full facepiece

    Up to 500 mg/m3: 
    (APF = 1000) Any supplied-air respirator operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode

    Emergency or planned entry into unknown concentrations or IDLH conditions:
    (APF = 10,000) Any self-contained breathing apparatus that has a full facepiece and is operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode
    (APF = 10,000) Any supplied-air respirator that has a full facepiece and is operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode in combination with an auxiliary self-contained positive-pressure breathing apparatus

    Escape:

    (APF = 50) Any air-purifying, full-facepiece respirator with an N100, R100, or P100 filter. 
    Click here for information on selection of N, R, or P filters. 

    
    Any appropriate escape-type, self-contained breathing apparatus\

    Important additional information about respirator selection

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    • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Up to 500 mg/m3

      I kinda want to know how thick that smoke looks

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      • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think it splits hydrogen off of water molecules too, so if it’s at all humid in there, it might be explosive too.

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  • idunnololz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just play chess on your free time to balance it oot :^)

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