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Welder's Survey
1.
What is the size of your company?
1-50 employees
51-100 employees
101-250 employees
251-500 employees
501+ employees
2.
What types of welding do you use? Please select all that apply.
Manual Metal Arc (MMA)
Metal Inert Gas (MIG)
Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)
Oxy-Fuel Welding
Other (please specify)
3.
What type of material do you usually weld? Please select all that apply.
Mild Steel
Stainless Steel
Galvanised Steel
Aluminium
Treated/Coated Steel
Other (please specify)
4.
How many people undertake welding as most of their full time job in your company? (Questions 5 and 6 ask about part-time and intermittent work). Please select the relevant option and enter the number of people in the comment field.
Full time (25 hours or more)
None
Number of people welding most of the time:
5.
How many people undertake welding as part of their job part-time in your company? Please select the relevant option and enter the number of people in the comment field.
Part time (up to 25 hours)
None
Number of people welding part of their time:
6.
How many people undertake welding as part of their job intermittently in your company? Please select the relevant option and enter the number of people in the comment field.
Intermittently over the course of the month
Intermittently over the course of the year
None
Number of people welding intermittently:
7.
What controls do you use to reduce the exposures of the welders to welding fumes and gases? Please select all that apply.
Extracted Booths
Extracted Benches
Moveable Extraction Hood
Closed Booths
Tip extraction
General ventilation
Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE)
Face Visor
Automated Welding
None
Other (please specify)
8.
If you already use some of the control measures listed in the previous question to control welding fume, what barriers did you experience when introducing them?
Cost
Employee acceptance
Concerns about effect on work quality
Finding a capable supplier
Production demands
None
Other (please specify)
9.
What reasons do employee give for not using control measures? Please select all that apply.
Access to task
Concerns about effect on work quality
Peer pressure
Difficult to position (keep positioned)
Visibility
Loss of work
Isolation from colleagues
Production demands
None
Other (please specify)
10.
What do you understand about potential health effects from welding/ what health effects have you heard of? Please select all that apply.
Irritation of the throat, lungs, nose and eyes
Temporary reduced lung function
Pneumonia
Occupational asthma
Cancer
Metal fume fever
Arc eye
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Not aware of any health effects
Other (please specify). You may also use this space to write what you understand by health hazards in welding.
11.
What information do you give to your employees about potential health effects from welding? Please select all that apply.
Tool Box Talk
Visual media
Booklet
Pocket card
Nothing
Other (please specify)
12.
What respiratory health surveillance do you provide for your employees who are exposed to welding fumes?
Spirometry
Lung function testing
Skin checks
Biological tests
None
Other (please specify)
13.
Where do you get information about potential welding health effects from at the moment? Please select all that apply.
Trade association
HSE website
HSE inspector
HS&E generalists
Occupational Hygiene consultants
Managers in other businesses
Welding suppliers
Internet
Other (please specify)
14.
Which of the following information would be useful? Please select all that apply.
Health effects
Exposure control methods
Phone/tablet apps with relevant information
Briefing materials (for employees and/or managers)
Display materials eg. poster
What effective Occupational Health Management looks like
Training courses
Fact sheets for different welding tasks
Case studies of what works
Other (please specify)
15.
Your responses are anonymous but if you are willing to be contacted to help us explore your answers in more detail, please provide your name and contact information below. Thank you.
Name
Company
Telephone number
Email address