148845 Are workers torching their own health? How welding fumes affect the health of tradespersons

Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 1:00 PM

Tim Eynon, BA , Labor Safety and Health, National Labor College, Silver Spring, MD
The author is a sheet metal worker and instructor of sheet metal apprentices. This research provides materials necessary to teach sheet metal workers of the risks involved in any type of welding process without proper ventilation. It makes recommendations for needed research both in the medical field and the welding industry.

Learning Objectives:
See abstract ID 147946, password 677945 submitted by Ruth Ruttenberg on behalf of a panel of 4 student researchers and one professor

Keywords: Occupational Health, Occupational Safety

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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