Welding, brazing, and hot metal work generate fumes containing manganese, hexavalent chromium, and other metals with strict exposure limits and serious health effects — from neurological damage to cancer. If you have welding operations, these exposures deserve measurement, not assumption.
Request a Consultation →Welding, brazing, and hot metal work generate fumes containing manganese, hexavalent chromium, and other metals with strict exposure limits and serious health effects — from neurological damage to cancer. If you have welding operations, these exposures deserve measurement, not assumption.
We assess welding-fume exposure through personal air sampling for the specific metals in play, evaluate your ventilation and controls, and build the monitoring and control strategy that keeps welders below regulated limits.
Personal monitoring during actual welding tasks.
Manganese, hexavalent chromium, nickel, and more.
Assessment of local exhaust and general ventilation.
Recommendations and program documentation.
Welding exposures vary enormously by process, material, and ventilation — which is exactly why they need measurement rather than assumption. We identify your specific metal exposures and whether your controls are actually working.
Stainless steel and coated metals raise hexavalent chromium concerns; general steel welding raises manganese. Confined or poorly ventilated work elevates any welding exposure. Sampling identifies your specific risk.
General ventilation often isn't sufficient for welding fume — local exhaust that captures fume at the source is usually needed. We evaluate what you have and what you need.
They range by metal: manganese is linked to neurological effects, hexavalent chromium to lung cancer. That's why measured control matters.
Talk to a CIH about welding fume and metal exposure assessment.