WELDINGPROCESSESCodeofPracticeJULY2012SafeWorkAustraliaisanAustralianGovernmentstatutoryagencyestablishedin2009.SafeWorkAustraliaconsistsofrepresentativesoftheCommonwealth,stateandterritorygovernments,theAustralianCouncilofTradeUnions,theAustralianChamberofCommerceandIndustryandtheAustralianIndustryGroup.SafeWorkAustraliaworkswiththeCommonwealth,stateandterritorygovernmentstoimproveworkhealthandsafetyandworkers’compensationarrangements.SafeWorkAustraliaisanationalpolicybody,notaregulatorofworkhealthandsafety.TheCommonwealth,statesandterritorieshaveresponsibilityforregulatingandenforcingworkhealthandsafetylawsintheirjurisdiction.ISBN978-0-642-78538-1[PDF]ISBN978-0-642-78539-8[RTF]CreativeCommonsExceptforthelogosofSafeWorkAustralia,SafeWorkSA,WorkplaceStandardsTasmania,WorkSafeWA,WorkplaceHealthandSafetyQLD,NTWorkSafe,WorkCoverNSW,ComcareandWorkSafeACT,thiscopyrightworkislicensedunderaCreativeCommonsAttribution-Noncommercial3.0Australialicence.Toviewacopyofthislicence,visithttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/au/Inessence,youarefreetocopy,communicateandadapttheworkfornoncommercialpurposes,aslongasyouattributetheworktoSafeWorkAustraliaandabidebytheotherlicenceterms.ContactinformationSafeWorkAustraliaPhone:+61261215317Email:info@safeworkaustralia.gov.auWebsite:www.safeworkaustralia.gov.auWesternAustraliaSAFEWORK1TABLEOFCONTENTSFOREWORD21.INTRODUCTION31.1Whatiswelding?31.2Whohashealthandsafetydutiesinrelationtowelding?31.3Whatisrequiredtomanagerisksassociatedwithweldingprocesses?42.THERISKMANAGEMENTPROCESS62.1Identifyingthehazards62.2Assessingtherisks62.3Controllingtherisks72.4Reviewingcontrolmeasures83.SPECIFICHAZARDSANDCONTROLMEASURES93.1Airbornecontaminants93.2Radiation113.3Electricalhazards113.4Fireandexplosion143.5Burnsandexposuretoheat153.6Compressedandliquefiedgases163.7Noise173.8Lead183.9Otherhazards194.WELDINGEQUIPMENT214.1Ventilation214.2Personalprotectiveequipment234.3Maintenanceofequipment255.HEALTHMONITORING26APPENDIXA–BY-PRODUCTSOFWELDING28CODEOFPRACTICE|WELDINGPROCESSESTABLEOFCONTENTSCODEOFPRACTICE|WELDINGPROCESSES2ThisCodeofPracticeonweldingprocessesisanapprovedcodeofpracticeundersection274oftheWorkHealthandSafetyAct(theWHSAct).Anapprovedcodeofpracticeisapracticalguidetoachievingthestandardsofhealth,safetyandwelfarerequiredundertheWHSActandtheWorkHealthandSafetyRegulations(theWHSRegulations).Acodeofpracticeappliestoanyonewhohasadutyofcareinthecircumstancesdescribedinthecode.Inmostcases,followinganapprovedcodeofpracticewouldachievecompliancewiththehealthandsafetydutiesintheWHSAct,inrelationtothesubjectmatterofthecode.Likeregulations,codesofpracticedealwithparticularissuesanddonotcoverallhazardsorrisksthatmayarise.Thehealthandsafetydutiesrequiredutyholderstoconsiderallrisksassociatedwithwork,notonlythoseforwhichregulationsandcodesofpracticeexist.CodesofpracticeareadmissibleincourtproceedingsundertheWHSActandRegulations.Courtsmayregardacodeofpracticeasevidenceofwhatisknownaboutahazard,riskorcontrolandmayrelyonthecodeindeterminingwhatisreasonablypracticableinthecircumstancestowhichthecoderelates.CompliancewiththeWHSActandRegulationsmaybeachievedbyfollowinganothermethod,suchasatechnicaloranindustrystandard,ifitprovidesanequivalentorhigherstandardofworkhealthandsafetythanthecode.Aninspectormayrefertoanapprovedcodeofpracticewhenissuinganimprovementorprohi...
