AWS SHF

HARDCOPY ONLY

Foreword

The AWS Safety and Health Committee was established to aid thewelding industry in maintaining a safe and healthful workingenvironment. It is responsible for preparing documents, includingstandards and recommended practices, that address all health andsafety aspects of the welder’s environment. Its members representmany facets of the industrial community: safety professionals,industrial hygienists, medical doctors, and welding engineers.

The First Edition of the Safety and Health Fact Sheets,published in 1990, brought together 13 Fact Sheets, each dealingwith a safety and health topic, that were developed over severalyears by the AWS Committee on Labeling and Safe Practices, aproject committee of the AWS Safety and Health Committee. Some ofthe Fact Sheets were previously published in the WeldingJournal. The Second Edition added seven new Fact Sheets andincluded revised, updated versions of the original 13 Fact Sheets.The Third Edition added five new Fact Sheets and includes revisedversions of several Second Edition Fact Sheets. The Fact Sheets areintended for use in the preparation of standards and otherdocuments where safety and health information is required.

Edition:

3

Published:

01/01/2003

Number of Pages:

61