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Welding Health Hazards

Important information for any person thinking of becoming a welder or welders helper. Aside from lung, hearing, eye sight and skin; you are also exposed to body contortions that would make a contortionist jealous. So chiropractic and massage therapy work are a good idea on a regular basis. Maybe I should include a state by state for Chiropractors and Massage Therapists. Lets breakdown the health problems you are going to have: metal in your eyes, burns on your skin from slag, radiation burns, breathing in fumes, and lose of hearing from all the noise that goes along with working on a construction site. OSHA might have to update there information from 1996!       Welding Health Hazards Construction Safety and Health Outreach Program U.S. Department of LaborOSHA Office of Training and EducationMay 1996 I. CHEMICAL AGENTS ZINC Zinc is used in large quantities in the manufacture of brass, galvanized metals, and various other alloys. Inhala...

Rosie the Riveter

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***Permission given by, Gail Lipson of Photos of Old America*** The fictional character of “Rosie the Riveter” as the ideal woman worker: loyal, efficient, patriotic, and pretty. A song, “Rosie the Riveter”, became very popular in 1942. Norman Rockwell’s image on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on May 29, 1943 was the first widely publicized pictorial representation of the new “Rosie the Riveter”. This led to many other “Rosie” images and women to represent that image.  ***Photo taken from NPS***

Happy Thanksgiving!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Good Luck job hunting & deer hunting! **Elite Construction & Fabrication needs welder/helpers ASAP**