The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revised guidance on exposure to welding fume. Task specific guidance for welding, cutting and associated tasks is provided in a suite of documents:
- WL0 – Advice for managers
- WL2 – Welding in confined/limited/restricted spaces
- WL3 – Welding Fume Control
- WL14 – Manual gas and oxy-gas cutting
- WL15 – Plasma arc cutting: fixed equipment
- WL16 – Arc-air gouging (air-carbon arc gouging)
- WL18 – Surface preparation: Pressure blasting (small items)
- WL19 – Surface preparation: Pressure blasting (medium-sized items)
- WL20 – Surface preparation: Pressure blasting (Large items)
- WL21 – Weld cleaning with pickling paste