STRICTER LIMITS ON FUMES URGED: NATIONAL REGISTER LAUNCHED

Welding fumes are a known cause of cancer but there's plenty more that can be done to keep workers safe.

The AMWU are calling for a stricter limit on exposure to welding fumes and have just launched a National Welding Fumes Exposure Register.

Having a recorded history of exposure in the workplace can help access workers compensation owed if workers develop an illness or disease resulting from exposure to welding fumes.

Of course, prevention is better than cure. AMWU members are calling on Safe Work Australia to lower the workplace exposure standard (WES) which sits at 5mg/m³, four to five times the level for welders overseas.

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