The purpose of this study was, accordingly, to serve as a basis for safety measure planning and for the improvement of all sorts of problems, including potential dangerous factors in the process of electric welding, by examining the way of thinking ab...
The purpose of this study was, accordingly, to serve as a basis for safety measure planning and for the improvement of all sorts of problems, including potential dangerous factors in the process of electric welding, by examining the way of thinking about industrial disaster and the need of safety, and by grasping the substance of disaster and what problems there were.
First, as a result of investigating the disasters occurred during electric welding process, it's found that the most dangerous spot for electric welding disaster was a moist place. The most frequent accident pattern was an electric shock, and the physical part that was most vulnerable to an electric shock was hand, followed by head and foot in the order named. Among electric welding equipments, the most dangerous one was an electric welding holder, and the next was an electric welding machine, a cable and an electric rod in the order named. The electric disaster appeared to be caused mainly by welder's unsafe behavior.
An electric shock disaster in welding is caused most often by an electric welding holder, and the Bakelite that exists around an electric conductor must be made up of new material. In particular, an automatic electric shock-proof machine must be installed without exception, and there is a need to manage a working environment carefully, including ventilation facilities, by having welders wear a protective helmet approved by the authorities concerned, and so on.