Title: Safety
Course: WLDT 260 Welding Automation

Safety
Learning Objectives
Objective SCO 2390
Instructions
SAFETY FIRST!

There are many dangerous and hazardous aspects that may be present in the workplace and the college welding facilities.

Along with the General Safety & Weld Lab Rules shown below there will be many additional safety rules specific to the equipment you will be working with in this course.  These additional safety considerations will be addressed within the course unit covering each specific piece of equipment.

If at any time prior to, or during your participation in this course you do not understand, or are unwilling or incapable of following any of the rules given to you by your instructor, including the ones found here, safely cease participation in the class and contact your instructor immediately.

Read the following General Safety & Weld Lab Rules.

Southwestern Illinois College Welding Technology
General Safety & Weld Lab Rules

- Students must strictly adhere to all shop safety rules, posted signs, and instructions given by instructors.

- Students are not allowed to work in the lab without supervision from their instructor.  For example:  Do not begin working in the lab prior to your instructor being present and starting class.

- Always do your best to be safe, careful and maintain a safe clean work area.

- Absolutely no horseplay.

- Safety glasses and proper welding attire must be worn in the weld shop.

- Safety glasses must be worn under your welding hood.

- Safety glasses should have nonmetal frames and impact resistant lenses with side shields to protect from flying objects.

- Proper welding/cutting attire and PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) must be worn when welding/cutting.  This includes safety glasses, leather boots, welder’s jacket / sleeves, welding hood (when welding) or cutting face shield (when cutting), with the proper shade lens, welding gloves, and shirt & pants that are safe for welding/cutting.  A welder’s cap is highly recommended for certain situations where sparks are landing on the welder’s head or in the welder’s ear.  It is the welder’s responsibility to notice this condition and properly protect their head and ears as required.

- Never look at any welding arc without wearing your welding hood with the proper lens.

- Contact lens wearers should check with their eye-doctor to see if the type of lens they wear requires any special precautions in the work-place.

- Wear a clear face-shield over your safety glasses when performing grinding, chipping, hammering, shaping, etc. activities that might result in injury to the face.

- Report any defective tools, machines, equipment or any other unsafe condition or practice to the instructor immediately.

- Report all accidents to the instructor.

- Do not operate any equipment without first being instructed to do so by the instructor.

- Never operate any electrical equipment on wet floors or in a wet area and do not touch live electrical parts with the bare skin.   Keep hands, feet and clothing dry.

- Never weld; cut or grind near flammable or explosive materials.

- Never weld or cut in close enough proximity to concrete for the concrete to become overheated.  It will explode & chip out causing a very unsafe condition

- Keep all guards and safety devices in securely in place and operate equipment within its rated capacity.

- Lighters or any other flammable substances (with the exception of college supplied fuel gas used in approved locations for approved oxy-fuel processes) are not allowed in the weld lab or around any welding, cutting, grinding, arc gouging, etc. activity on the premises.

- Be sure oxy-fuel cutting rigs are completely shut down prior to leaving the oxy-fuel working area.

- The instructor has the right to remedy any condition that appears unsafe at his discretion.  This may include denying the student participation in class until such time as the unsafe condition has been deemed safe.

- Ensure all oxy-fuel rigs are completely shut down with regulators completely bled off and adjusting screws backed out before leaving the lab.

- Clean up after yourself, turn off all gas and welding equipment when you are finished using it.

- Turn off track torch tractors when you are finished using them.

- Welding rods are to be used (burned) up to the numbers.  Do not throw away rods that have additional use.  Use them during your class period.

- It is the student’s responsibility to place all unused welding rods back into their proper location by size and type in the rod storage area at the end of the lab period.

- All rod stubs are to be place in the rod stub container.  Do not throw rod stubs in any other location.

- Do not weld on the metal plates that separate the booths.

- Do not weld close enough to the lights in the weld booths to cause them to break.

- Metal is to be used in such a manner as to eliminate waste