Welding Fumes

Welding Fumes - Testing Services Sydney NSW

ENVIRO CORP are your specialists for welding fume testing in Sydney. Call 1300 980 612 for welding fume testing services.

There are about 20 major types of welding processes used on 10 major classes of materials, and hence an extremely wide range of work environments is possible. 

Welding Fumes can include metals fumes of:

  • Lead
  • Cadmium
  • Manganese
  • Zinc
  • Iron
  • Molybdenum
  • Cobalt
  • Vanadium
  • Nickel
  • Chromium
  • Silica and silicates
  • Fluorides
  • Other metals
 

Welding fumes can also include gases, such as:

  •  oxides of Nitrogen
  • Ozone
  • Carbon monoxide
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Phosgene
  • Phosphine
  • Insufficient oxygen
  • Pyrolytic products of resins used in primers paints such as phenol, formaldehyde, acrolein, isocyanates and hydrogen cyanide.

Methods of Testing

Enviro Corp can undertake testing for welding fumes using:

  • Direct reading instruments and continuous monitoring using state of the art equipment
  • Active sampling and laboratory analysis

Health Effects of Welding Fumes

  • Metal fume fever which resembles influenza
  • Excessive mucus secretion
  • Headache
  • Lethargy
  • Eye irritation
  • Irritation and inflammation of the respiratory tract
  • Excess fluid and haemorrhage in the lungs
  • Heart disease
  • Carcinogenic effects

Call us now on 1300 980 612 or complete the form below

Drop us a few lines with your query and one of our specialists will get in touch with you.






    Welding fumes - Testing and Monitoring

    The Work Health and Safety Regulation requires a person conducting business or undertaking (PCBU) to conduct air monitoring to determine the concentration of air contaminants to which an exposure standard applies.

     

     

    Reach out to ENVIRO CORP for welding fumes and reporting for your site today.

     

     

    Go back to all Enviro Corp Health and Safety Services.