Welding 101x

What is the best body protection while welding?

• Pants and cuffs
• Polyester clothing
• Cotton clothing
• Loose-Fitting shirts

To make sure your respirator provides proper protection, you should do the following each time you wear it:

• Perform a positive fit check
• Perform both positive and negative fit checks
• Perform negative fit check
• Tighten the respirator head and neck straps as tight as you can get them

What defines a confined space?

• Has a flammable atmosphere
• Has unrestricted means of entry or exit
• Is designed for continuous employee occupancy
• Is large enough that an employee can bodily enter and perform tasks

What is the purpose of a hot work permit?

• Authorizes the performance of work potentially posing a fire hazard
• Promotes development of standard fire safety guidelines
• Records unsafe conditions at a job site
• Helps the manager keep records of hazardous spaces

Cutting operations should never be performed without a:

• Bucket of sand
• Bucket of water
• Fire watch
• Fire hose

Oxygen and fuel cylinders can be stored next to each other with a five foot wall and 1/2 hour burning rate or it must be:

• Separated by 5 feet
• Separated by 10 feet
• Separated by 15 feet
• Separated by 20 feet

What is the maximum safe working pressure of acetylene

• 5 psi
• 10 psi
• 15 psi
• 20 psi

Cylinders must be secured and _______.

• Horizontal
• Upright
• Upside down
• Diagonally

How far should safety boots be worn above the ankles?

• 1"
• 3"
• 6"
• 8"

What would be a good area safety practice?

• Welding near an open window
• Welding over  wooden floors
• To use cardboard to deflect welding/grinding sparks away from others
• Writing HOT on hot metal before leaving it unattended