Apex Welding Safety Blog

Recent research into the Effectiveness of Welding Fume Product Controls has revealed that a combination of respiratory PPE (e.g. a welding helmet with PAPR) and engineering controls (e.g. fume extract...

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The Safe Work Australia Workplace Exposure Standard (WES) for welding fume was lowered from 5mg/m3 to 1mg/m3 in January 2024. This legal upper limit applies to welders, other workers in proximity to t...

Based on a 2024* survey of over 1,350 welders across Australia, this review looks at the current state of the welding industry regarding welding fume exposure and welding fume product controls.

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Measure Welding Fume in your Workshop

With the recent change to the Workplace Exposure Standard (WES) for welding fume, many workshops are wanting to understand the effectiveness of their current...

The latest AWS scientific study, “Protecting Welders From Ozone”, has been published to reinforce the importance of reducing ozone exposure to as low as reasonably practicable in welding environme...

Ozone (O3) is an extremely toxic gas generated when UV radiation from a welding arc reacts with oxygen in the air. Undetectable to the human eye, ozone can cause serious health issues to unprotected w...