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Portable Air Scrubbers: the Cheapest, Most Effective Way to Comply with OSHA RegulationsCommon welding practices like SMAW (stick), FCAW (Flux core), and GMAW (MIG) produce fumes that contain toxic metals like manganese, chromium, and nickel. OSHA recently tightened regulations, focusing in on carcinogenic hexavalent chromium (CrVI or Cr6+). OSHA requires a "regulated area" to be marked off where exposure to Hexavalent Chromium levels of 5.0 micrograms per cubic meter (0.005 mg/m3) or greater can be reasonably expected (29 CFR 1910.1026). Additional regulatory requirements include employer-provided clothing, laundering of the clothing, changing rooms, wash facilities and personal medical monitoring for each and every employee who enter the regulated area. For many employers, these new requirements are prohibitively expensive. Fortunately, there is a way to avoid the required "regulated area" if the employer uses an appropriate air filtration technology. The new Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.005 mg/m3 is quite low. Only proven engineering controls (such as source capture air filtration from Air Quality Engineering, Inc) can eliminate the need for the regulated areas. Filtration (rather than simple exhaust to the outside) allows recirculation of expensive conditioned air and reduces the size of the regulated area and reduces the number of affected employees. For welders on the move, portable fume extraction systems are ideal. |
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