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    Welding poses significant health and safety risks to workers through exposure to toxic fumes and gases. The OSHA estimates over 500,000 workers are at risk of exposure during welding, cutting and brazing. Exposure can lead to metal fume fever, lung damage, kidney damage and even death from gases like cadmium, mercury, lead and carbon monoxide. Both OSHA and NIOSH have found health risks even at exposure levels below regulation limits. The risks have resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for safety violations and lawsuits linking welding fumes to conditions like Parkinson's disease. Using Lokring fittings that do not require welding eliminates these risks and the potential for accidents, injuries, health issues, fines and

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    Welding poses significant health and safety risks to workers through exposure to toxic fumes and gases. The OSHA estimates over 500,000 workers are at risk of exposure during welding, cutting and brazing. Exposure can lead to metal fume fever, lung damage, kidney damage and even death from gases like cadmium, mercury, lead and carbon monoxide. Both OSHA and NIOSH have found health risks even at exposure levels below regulation limits. The risks have resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for safety violations and lawsuits linking welding fumes to conditions like Parkinson's disease. Using Lokring fittings that do not require welding eliminates these risks and the potential for accidents, injuries, health issues, fines and

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    Welding poses significant health and safety risks to workers through exposure to toxic fumes and gases. The OSHA estimates over 500,000 workers are at risk of exposure during welding, cutting and brazing. Exposure can lead to metal fume fever, lung damage, kidney damage and even death from gases like cadmium, mercury, lead and carbon monoxide. Both OSHA and NIOSH have found health risks even at exposure levels below regulation limits. The risks have resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for safety violations and lawsuits linking welding fumes to conditions like Parkinson's disease. Using Lokring fittings that do not require welding eliminates these risks and the potential for accidents, injuries, health issues, fines and

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    Welding poses significant health and safety risks to workers through exposure to toxic fumes and gases. The OSHA estimates over 500,000 workers are at risk of exposure during welding, cutting and brazing. Exposure can lead to metal fume fever, lung damage, kidney damage and even death from gases like cadmium, mercury, lead and carbon monoxide. Both OSHA and NIOSH have found health risks even at exposure levels below regulation limits. The risks have resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for safety violations and lawsuits linking welding fumes to conditions like Parkinson's disease. Using Lokring fittings that do not require welding eliminates these risks and the potential for accidents, injuries, health issues, fines and

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    Technical Bulletin

    Lokring™ & Welding: Gas & Fume Safety

    “An estimated 526,000 employees are at risk for exposure to chemical and
    physical hazards of welding, cutting and brazing.”

    -US Occupational Safety & Health Administration Welding Health Hazard Statistics
    www.osha.gov

    According to the OSHA Construction Safety and Health Program, hot work on
    pipes using welding rods can result in exposure to:

    ƒ Zinc or zinc oxide, which can cause metal fume fever


    ƒ Cadmium, which can lead to severe lung irritation, kidney damage & in some cases, death
    ƒ Beryllium, which can result in pneumonia, chronic cough & fatigue
    ƒ Iron Oxide, which may lead to irritation of nasal passages, throat & lungs
    ƒ Mercury, which can produce stomach pain, kidney damage, respiratory failure, tremors &
    hearing damage
    ƒ Lead or lead oxide, which can cause lead poisoning
    ƒ Fluorides, which may result in eye, nose, skin, throat & lung irritation, & bone damage
    ƒ Phosgene, which can react with moisture in the lungs to produce hydrogen chloride & in
    effect, destroy lung tissue
    ƒ Carbon Monoxide, which can lead to nausea & in some cases, death
    ƒ Ozone, which may lead to headaches, chest pains & fluid in lungs
    ƒ Nickel, which can cause asthma &, with chromium, cancer
    ƒ Chromium, which may produce sinus problems &, with nickel, cancer
    ƒ Manganese, which can lead to Parkinson’s disease

    Source: http://www.osha.gov/doc/outreachtraining/htmlfiles/weldhlth.html

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    Technical Bulletin
    Lokring™ & Welding: Gas & Fume Safety

    OSHA Fines for Not Following Welding Safety Standards:

    • “The alleged failure of three Hugo, Okla., companies to train employees and give
    them adequate gear for working inside confined spaces with unsafe air has
    resulted in proposed penalties totaling $427,500 from the U.S. Department of
    Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration…OSHA's Oklahoma City
    office began its investigation…on Dec. 10 following complaints it received that
    employees were entering and performing work inside railcars without adequate
    respiratory equipment. Several employees have suffered long-term illnesses due
    to the exposure.”
    -“Hugo Employers Fined $427,500 for ‘Confined Space’ Violations; Several Workers
    Injured,” OSHA Press Release, June 16, 2003

    • “CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Services Ltd has agreed to pay $294,000 in penalties
    for citations issued by the [OSHA] for the company’s failure to implement
    standards that protect workers against welding hazards while working in a
    confined space. Two workers…were killed in a January accident at the company’s
    Ingleside facility…They were killed when accumulated fuel gas ignited in the
    confined space where they were working.”
    -“Texas Welding Company Agrees to Pay OSHA Fine for Failing to Implement
    Confined Space Standards,” OSHA Region 6 Press Release, July 3, 2003

    ƒ The OSHA “has cited Southern Scrap Recycling Gulfcoast and E & K Enterprises,
    Inc. for safety violations at a Gulfport, Miss., scrap yard. The citations carry
    penalties totaling $22,350.” Citations “addressed numerous welding violations,
    including fail to guard against mixing of fuel gases and oxygen.”
    -“Gulfport Explosion Leads to Penalties Totaling $22,350 for Safety Violations,”
    OSHA Region Four News Release, December 6, 1999

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    Lokring™ & Welding: Gas & Fume Safety

    Lawsuits Regarding Welding and Parkinson’s Disease:

    Welder Jim Sartain “has been awarded workers’ compensation for Parkinson’s disease tied
    to working with manganese. This is the first time such a tie has been acknowledged in
    California…The decision in May 1996 by the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals
    Board ended a 9-year legal battle…The Commission ordered $83,000 in back benefits, a life
    pension, and medical care for life.”
    -“Workers’ Compensation is Awarded to Welder Who Has Parkinson’s Disease,” taken from
    “Impact on Construction Safety and Health,” Vol. XV, No. 2, September 1997, a joint publication
    of the Building & Construction Trades Department and the Center to Protect Workers’ Rights
    www.cdc.gov/elcosh/docs/d0100/d000121/d000121.html

    “BOC shares plummeted yesterday after it emerged that a US jury had awarded damages
    against it and [Hobart Brothers and Lincoln Electric] in a case that linked the use of welding
    rods…to Parkinson’s disease. The case potentially opens the floodgate to massive class
    action lawsuits in the US, a liability estimated by some analysts at up to $70bn for the
    welding rod industry as a whole.” The trial was held in Madison County, Illinois and Plaintiff
    Larry Elam was awarded $1 million.
    -“BOC Faces Flood of Damages Over Parkinson’s,” The Independent, October 30, 2003, Saeed
    Shah news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=458625

    “A federal panel has ordered more than 100 federal lawsuits from across the country
    consolidated in Cleveland before U.S. District Judge Kate O’Malley to simplify legal issues,
    and attorneys expect more to be added…There are more than 500,000 welders nationwide;
    about 1 percent are involved in the federal lawsuits before O’Malley.”
    -“Suits Suggest Welding is Linked to Parkinson’s: Cleveland Becomes Focal Point of Cases,” The
    Cleveland Plain Dealer, 11/29/03, John Caniglia

    Ongoing Welding & Parkinson’s Disease Class Action Lawsuit Websites:

    www.bigclassaction.com/class_action/welding.html

    www.classactionlawsuit.org/weldingfumeslawyer.html

    www.weldingandparkinsonsdisease.com

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    Lokring™ & Welding: Gas & Fume Safety

    “NIOSH has reported that excesses in morbidity and mortality among welders
    appear to exist even when exposures have been reported to be below current
    OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) for the many different components of
    welding emissions.”
    -OSHA Welding Health Hazard Statistic-

    Lokring Incident Reduction Plan (IRP):

    Lokring fittings use a patented, elastic strain pre-load (ESP®) technology to


    connect small diameter piping without threading, welding or brazing. Lokring
    fittings are designed to be used for field fabrication, for rapid repair, for
    installation in tight access areas and for tie-ins of shop fabricated piping.
    Installation is safe, simple, fast and cost effective, and the connections are
    secure, sturdy and reliable. Many accidents, injuries, health issues, lawsuits and
    fines could be avoided, if Lokring connections were used.

    Lokring Set-Up & Installment Requires No Hot Work Thus Eliminating:

    ƒ Potential risk of fires


    ƒ Installer susceptibility to gas and/or fume inhalation, which otherwise
    could result into health problems, lawsuits & fines
    ƒ Numerous hot work safety requirements in the Material Safety Data Sheet
    (MSDS) that are both costly and time consuming
    ƒ Confined space ventilation worries

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    Additional Articles & Statistics of Interest:

    American Academy of Neurology: “Welding-related Parkinsonism”


    http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/56/1/8

    Belleville News-Democrat: “Welders Seem Unworried About Parkinson’s”


    www.icjl.org/news_weldersnotworried.html

    eLCOSH: “Fume Hazards Can Menace Outdoor Workers, Too”


    www.cdc.gov/elcosh/docs/d0300/d000371/d000371.html

    Forbes.com: “BOC Says Not to Make Provision in US disputes”


    http://www.forbes.com/work/newswire/2003/11/13/rtr1146301.html

    Houston Chronicle: “Too High a Price: Barrows”


    www.cdc.gov/elcosh/docs/d0100/d000187/d000187.html

    International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers: “Welding and Manganese


    Poisoning” http://www.ibew.org/stories/03journal/030708/p8.htm

    National Library of Medicine: “Parkinsonism Due to Manganism in a Welder”


    http://tinyurl.com/txp0

    NIOSH: “Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Welding, Brazing and Thermal


    Cutting” www.cdc.gov/niosh/88-110.html

    OSHA: “Welding, Cutting and Brazing”


    http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/weldingcuttingbrazing/index.html

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