Industrial Hygiene
Welding fumes are a common occupational exposure. Several different welding fumes can cause similar adverse health effects. Personal sampling of a welding operation at a manufacturing facility produced the following 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) results for individual metal fumes.Metal Fume Result OSHA PEL ACGIH TLVAntimony 0.05 mg/m 0.5 mg/m 0.5 mg/mBeryllium 0.00001 mg/m 0.0002 mg/m […]