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The downside being, of course, that your vision only lasts so long as a welder.
by germinalphrase 9y ago
The downside being, of course, that your vision only lasts so long as a welder.
- biggieshellz 9y agoWhy is that? If you wear your PPE (helmet with appropriate shade while welding, face shield while grinding), I would think you would be protected.
- ddingus 9y agoYou largely are, but incremental damage does happen through error largely. Examples: Difficult to see work becomes root cause if phase error between protection in place and start of arc. Ever glance over and see the bright arc? Hard to not do that. Use of marginal protection happens for a ton of reasons. Each flash exposure adds up.
- germinalphrase 9y agoYep - this largely what I've been told. Incidental flashes and cumulative exposure.
- ghaff 9y agoYeah, and my experience with welders (used to supervise shipyard jobs on drilling rigs) is that a lot of them are pretty bad with eye protection while using cutting torches as well.
- ddingus 9y agoOh good call. Those are well above safe limits. I see this all the time myself.
- blhack 9y agoLess so your vision and more your lungs.