When welding work is carried out in halls or warehouses, there is a high risk of damage to health in the form of damage to the eyes due to swarf entering the eye, burns to the face, the respiratory system or deterioration of hearing. Therefore, special welding clothes, as well as other personal protective equipment, are designed for welders. The choice in our store is quite large, so we will introduce our customers to the available offer.
Welding - a valued, but harmful to health profession
Welders are specialists who have their hands full today due to the increasingly developed industry. Unfortunately, their work can be harmful to health due to harsh conditions - ultraviolet radiation emitted, pollen, welding gases and smoke, high temperatures, splatter or noise. Carbon monoxide, cobalt, beryllium, aluminum, barium, copper or nickel - these are just some of the substances and gases that attack the welder's respiratory tract, skin and eyes during work. Therefore, to ensure comfortable working conditions for yourself or your employees, such as respiratory protection, you should invest in reputable equipment. Suitable clothing, goggles and masks are essential, and earphones are also useful to avoid being in a room with excessive decibels for several hours.
Welding goggles or visor for eye protection
Welding work gives off harmful fumes, but these are not the only dangers to our eyes. Because the so-called welding arc has a very bright white light, it can cause corneal burns manifested by a feeling of sand under the eyelids. Therefore, do not weld in a room with light-colored walls, as the light will blind you even more. Therefore, it is advisable to use full eye protection for welding specially designed glasses with UV filters. However, if you need more comprehensive protection, not only for the eyes, but also for the face, welding visors will work better, although the comfort of its use is slightly less. For workers who do welding occasionally, it is worth choosing a mask that can be attached to a helmet.
Ultraviolet radiation produced during welding is equally dangerous to our skin
Let's remember that ultraviolet radiation produced by the welding arc is dangerous not only for the organ of sight, but also for the skin. Regardless of the weather, including high temperatures, you should be dressed appropriately to protect both your arms and legs from burns. For this purpose, Snickers brand flame-retardant overalls finished in such a way as to make it difficult for sparks to penetrate the clothing during welding will work well. We also have other welding clothing - jackets, welding sleeves, welding hoods or shoe protectors, which are also exposed to high temperatures in the event of a spark fall. In addition, it is always mandatory to wear welding gloves on your hands - welded parts are very hot, and touching them with an unprotected hand risks a visit to the hospital. In our store you can get specialized welding gloves that meet certain standards, namely protection against high temperature and UV radiation, heated metal and burns caused by contact with the flame. We have more than a dozen different products, most of which are made of so-called cow split or calf split, that is, the part of the leather left over after cutting. This is because pigskin or cowhide in its natural state would be too thick for use in work gloves.
Protectors and stoppers will ensure the welder's hearing protection
During welding, it is not only the eyesight that is affected, because in addition to UV radiation, dust or gases, there is also a lot of noise in the welder's work. To prevent not only the loss but also the deterioration of hearing, the employer can buy stoppers or hearing protectors for his employees. The most famous are provided by the American company 3M - on our site you can choose from dozens of available models. If you run a large enterprise with many employees, it may be worthwhile to invest in a distributor of earplugs or stoppers.
