The health of welders / by A.T. Doig and L.N. Duguid.

  • Great Britain. HM Factory Inspectorate
Date:
1951
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Credit: The health of welders / by A.T. Doig and L.N. Duguid. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5. Nose: Catarrh 6. Lungs: Symptoms Examination 7. Heart: P.R. 8. Abdomen: Symptoms Examination 9. Muscular 10. Nervous 11. Other. B.P. BT. The results of special examinations such as x-ray examinations of the chests, or blood examinations, were entered on the back of the form. Age and Welding Experience 76. The average age of the group is 34 years; highest - 62, lowest - 17. The age distribution is shown in Table I. Under 20 20-24 | 25-29 | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 50-54 | 55-59 j|Over 60 SO re te | re ee te | ee | ee ee ee a | ee ee | en ee re ae | ee 40 47 55 44 24 in) 15 11 The average length of welding experience of these men was 12.7 years (highest 37 years, lowest 1 year). Table II shows the distribution according to welding experience. It will be seen that 155 (62.8%) had over 10 years experience, and 235 (95.1%) over 5 years experience. TABLE II WELDING EXPERIENCE — ALL WELDERS tee Ge i ie el aol ae - ™ i] Under 5 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 | Over 35 years 12 80 TT | 38 19 11 9 1 77. In this report the welders are divided into three classes for separate consideration, electric welders, gas welders (mainly oxy-acetylene welders) and a group who have done both types of welding called mixed welders. Quite a number of men have been engaged in both electric and gas welding but in many cases one of these jobs has predominated to such an extent that the other assumes a minor importance, and for classification purposes can be neglected. Accordingly the purely arbitrary proportion of 7 to 1 has been adopted for Classification purposes ; i.e. a welder has been included in the electric, or gas
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