Welding Safety for New Welders

Welding safety is important, no matter who you are or what you're welding. In this video, we'll discuss some of the key safety tips you need to know when welding. We'll also discuss some of the important personal protective equipment you'll need, and give you a few helpful welding safety tips and precautions to keep in mind.

If you're a new welder, then this video is a must-watch! We'll discuss the key safety tips you need to know, as well as some of the important welding safety gear you'll need. We'll also give you a few helpful welding safety tips and precautions to keep in mind when welding!

Disclaimer:

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[charlesthomas]

Couple of things to add here. Seriously consider a cartridge respirator. Use a P100 with a correctly sized facepiece. Especially if you MIG or stick stainless, weld on galvanized or anything else nasty. They are hot, uncomfortable and can be a pain in the ass to wear. Your friends/coworkers might give you some shit about wearing one, but you only have one pair of lungs, so protect them.
They can go pound sand.

At one point you will need to weld on something greasy or oily. You will probably have some degreaser in a convenient spray can around the shop. You will grab it, spray down your work then get to welding. Next thing you will experience is your chest tighten to the point you can't get a full breath. That goes away fairly quickly, but the constant cough that comes later doesn't. Your mistake: you used a chlorinated solvent. The UV light from the arc broke it down into some nasty stuff, one being phosgene. It was used in chemical warfare in WWI. That cough is because phosgene can cross link the proteins in lungs, scarring the lining.
I don't mean this to come off sounding like some nut job, but it happened to me. Wasn't paying attention, grabbed the wrong can and really, really screwed myself up. Coughed for almost 3 months after that. Do yourself a favor and get rid of chlorinated solvents.

[ypaulbrown]

Shea, wishing you a speedy recovery on your hand

[sjagain]

@10:38 he says, "Avoid touching the...." What was it he said we shouldn't touch?

[geonerd]

What happened to Camera Dude and his excellent audio production skills?

[ponuru]

I really needed a video like this. This was very helpful.

[badgerfactory]

Good job professor. Awesome teacher at the college

[bnewton]

where can i get that welder shirt with the canada logo.

[jasonproper]

And don’t touch the touch the hot material

[rpavlik]

Really good content. Would have been nice to hear about breathing protection though, was pretty horrifying to see how an n95 looked after a little welding practice. And a lav mic would really help, the audio quality was hard to listen to

[alexschnell]

oh shit! cool to see my welding prof on here 😎 lets go shea great work!

[MikeM]

The main hazard in my opinion is the fire hazard. Even hours after using welders and angle grinders, a fire can spread.

[bluejack]

I've seen some hilarious cautionary video's in weekly safety meetings. Long story short, please don't drag race the fork lifts through the break area. Also don't throw your grinding sparks towards a co worker while that co worker is playing with lighter fluid. Hilarity will ensue but it's also a recipe for disaster. Lol. People will lose fingers and stuff.

[PowerElectronic]

A video on welding safety, and no mention to smoke hazards. This is not serious.

[DurzoBlunts]

Missiles are fun.
Missiles in the shop are not fun.

[ifell]

The sound quality is gash. Seriously invest £80 into something half decent.

[ebogar]

I'd never wear boots unless I felt I needed steel toes. I hate boots and don't think they're better than high top basketball shoes to work in. I like to be able to move my ankles freely and move quickly. You can't move quickly in heavy boots. I've worked in basketball shoes many times and never had any issues. Even roofing.

[georgewashington]

Yeah, safety.
Meanwhile, I'm watching videos of guys in India standing in a foot of oil and water, in flip-flops and a t-shirt, with a handheld shield, cutting up an oil tanker

[medsfromtrees]

New welder tip:


Don't use the grind function on you're welding helmet, companies designed this function to make you blind. Cause absolutely no ones remembers to turn it too the people than can. Y'all gor a left eye could borrow😂