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Posted By James K
A question has been posed to me from employees on the workshop floor regarding the possibility of installing some type of floor covering adjacent to the welding / fabrication bays.
This covering would be positioned along the front of benches measuring approximately 2 feet out from the bench.
My concern is that any covering would pose a trip hazard or a fire hazard.
Has anyone ever come across a type of floor covering that could be placed adjacent to a welding/fabrication bay to allow employees stand in an area for long periods of time.
I realise of course that fabricators and welders should be moving but sometimes they would be reading plans/drawings or doing some other type of work that would mean standing in the one area. ( Approximately for 2 / 3 hours only)
Your help is appreciated.
Jim
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Posted By Bob Youel
standing on cold concrete floors for a long time is not a good way to work - get management to work in the environment for a period & a suitable floor would soon be sourced
Wood can be a good floor covering [easily made / moved & its warm] when constructed in such a way as its a low risk trip hazard
The conditions of work would have to be very extreme for wood used in this way to be a problem in an average welding workshop - I looked after dozens of welders at one time and on no occasion was wood, when used in this way, a 'real' problem and we worked in extreme conditions i.e. high pressure cast steel [>4 inches thick] welding, gouging & burning; at a real pace of work for 12 hours minimum a day -all travelling men
Try wood & I am sure that it would be OK
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Posted By James K
Thanks for that Bob
Jim
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Posted By Tabs
Bob's right, most toolrooms used to have wooden pallet type standings, called "duck boards" which soon become oil-soaked and yet quite difficult to set alight.
As an apprentice I stood for many hours on these and can testify to their genuine usefulness. They are seriously more comfortable than concrete floors.
Occasionally a toe would be stubbed, but they were not serious trip hazards as everyone knew they were there.
Being 2007, there are probably alternative materials to choose from now.
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