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Bad Practice
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Summary Statement
Never avert your attention from hot work area while burning, cutting, welding, soldering or while holding a lit torch.
Remove potentially combustible material from work area before conducting any hot work. A working fire extinguisher should always be readily available. Whenever there is a chance of fire, a fire watch should be assigned to watch out for fires and for a sufficient time after cutting and burning is completed to ensure that there is no fire hazard.
Fire & Explosions, Welding Fumes & Gases, Plumber/Pipefitter, Commercial & Institutional, Demolition, Disasters, Heavy & Highway, Industrial, LEED/Green Construction, Renovations, Residential, Underground, Images
OSHA Training Institute, Southwest Education Center
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