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The data within this safety summary are highlights of various safety standards. It is recommended
that you familiarize yourself with the standards listed below before beginning welding.
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ANSI Z49.1: SAFETY IN WELDING AND CUTTING - Obtainable from the American Welding Society, 550 NW Le Jeune
Road, Miami, FL 33126 Telephone (800) 443-9353, Fax (305) 443-7559 - www.aws.org.
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OSHA 29 CFR, Part 1910, Subpart Q.: WELDING, CUTTING AND BRAZING - Obtainable from your state OSHA office
or U.S. Dept. of Labor OSHA, Office of Public Affairs, Room N3647, 200 Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20210 -
www.osha.gov.
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AWS F4.1: SAFE PRACTICES FOR THE PREPARATION FOR WELDING AND CUTTING OF CONTAINERS AND PIPING
FOR WELDING AND CUTTING. - Obtainable from the American Welding Society, 550 NW Le Jeune Road, Miami, FL
33126 Telephone (800) 443-9353, Fax (305) 443-7559 - www.aws.org.
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AWS A6.0. WELDING AND CUTTING CONTAINERS WHICH HAVE HELD COMBUSTIBLES - Obtainable from the
American Welding Society, 550 NW Le Jeune Road, Miami, FL 33126 Telephone (800) 443-9353, Fax (305) 443-7559
- www.aws.org.
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NFPA 70: NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE - Obtainable from the National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch
Park, P.O. Box 9101, Quincy, MA 02269-9101 Telephone (617) 770-3000 Fax (617) 770-0700 - www.nfpa.org.
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CGA Publication P-1: SAFE HANDLING OF COMPRESSED GASES IN CONTAINERS - Obtainable from Compressed
Gas Association, 14501 George Carter Way, Suite 103, Chantilly, VA 20151 Telephone (703) 788-2700 Fax (703)
961-1831 - www.cganet.com.
• CSA W117.2 - Code for SAFETY IN WELDING AND CUTTING. - Obtainable from Canadian Standards Association,
178 Rexdale Blvd., Etobicoke, Ontario M9W 1R3 - www.csa.ca.
Symbols Legend
Safety Summary
Principal Safety Standards
SYMBOL
MEANING
SYMBOL
MEANING
SYMBOL
MEANING
ARC RAYS HAZARD
FIRE HAZARD
NOISE HAZARD
POISON HAZARD
ELECTRICAL HAZARD
WARNING/CAUTION
MIG (GMAW)
INPUT VOLTAGE
LINE CONNECTION
STICK (SMAW)
TEMPERATURE
SINGLE PHASE ALTERNATING
CURRENT (AC)
TIG (GTAW)
VOLTAGE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
POSITIVE DINSE
AMPERAGE
SUITABLE FOR WELDING IN AN
ENVIRONMENT WITH INCREASED
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
NEGATIVE DINSE
WIRE FEED
I
ON
O
OFF
SINGLE PHASE STATIC FREQUENCY
CONVERTER TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER
