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1-4. California Proposition 65 Warnings
Welding or cutting equipment produces fumes or gases
which contain chemicals known to the State of California to
cause birth defects and, in some cases, cancer. (California
Health & Safety Code Section 25249.5 et seq.)
Battery posts, terminals and related accessories contain lead
and lead compounds, chemicals known to the State of
California to cause cancer and birth defects or other
reproductive harm.
Wash hands after handling.
This product contains chemicals, including lead, known to the
state of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other re-
productive harm.
Wash hands after use.
For Gasoline Engines:
Engine exhaust contains chemicals known to the State of
California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproduc-
tive harm.
For Diesel Engines:
Diesel engine exhaust and some of its constituents are known
to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and
other reproductive harm.
1-5. Principal Safety Standards
Safety in Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes,
ANSI Standard Z49.1,
from Global Engineering Documents (phone: 1-877-413-5184, website:
www.global.ihs.com).
Safety in Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes,
CSA Standard
W117.2, from Canadian Standards Association, Standards Sales, 5060
Spectrum Way, Suite 100, Ontario, Canada L4W 5NS (phone:
800-463-6727, website: www.csa-international.org).
OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry,
Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1910, Subpart Q, and
Part 1926, Subpart J, from U.S. Government Printing Office, Superinten-
dent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954
(phone: 1-866-512-1800) (there are 10 OSHA Regional Offices—phone
for Region 5, Chicago, is 312-353-2220, website: www.osha.gov).
National Electrical Code,
NFPA Standard 70, from National Fire Protec-
tion Association, Quincy, MA 02269 (phone: 1-800-344-3555, website:
www.nfpa.org and www. sparky.org).
Canadian Electrical Code Part 1
, CSA Standard C22.1, from Canadian
Standards Association, Standards Sales, 5060 Spectrum Way, Suite
100, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4W 5NS (phone: 800-463-6727,
website: www.csa-international.org).
Safe Practice For Occupational And Educational Eye And Face Protec-
tion,
ANSI Standard Z87.1, from American National Standards Institute,
25 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036 (phone: 212-642-4900, web-
site: www.ansi.org).
Applications Manual for the Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation
, The Na-
tional Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 1600 Clifton
Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333 (phone: 1-800-232-4636, website: www.cdc.gov/
NIOSH).
1-6. EMF Information
Electric current flowing through any conductor causes localized electric
and magnetic fields (EMF). Welding current creates an EMF field around
the welding circuit and welding equipment. EMF fields may interfere with
some medical implants, e.g. pacemakers. Protective measures for per-
sons wearing medical implants have to be taken. For example, access
restrictions for passers
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by or individual risk assessment for welders. All
welders should use the following procedures in order to minimize expos-
ure to EMF fields from the welding circuit:
1. Keep cables close together by twisting or taping them, or using a
cable cover.
2. Do not place your body between welding cables. Arrange cables
to one side and away from the operator.
3. Do not coil or drape cables around your body.
4. Keep head and trunk as far away from the equipment in the weld-
ing circuit as possible.
5. Connect work clamp to workpiece as close to the weld as
possible.
6. Do not work next to, sit or lean on the welding power source.
7. Do not weld whilst carrying the welding power source or wire
feeder.
About Implanted Medical Devices:
Implanted Medical Device wearers should consult their doctor and the
device manufacturer before performing or going near arc welding, spot
welding, gouging, plasma arc cutting, or induction heating operations. If
cleared by your doctor, then following the above procedures is recom-
mended.
