I was a welder when I was trying to make it as a ballet dancer. It paid the bills. The smoke must not have had much effect on me because I was eventually accepted into the Pittsburgh Dance and Repertory Company. What a feeling!
I was a welder when I was trying to make it as a ballet dancer. It paid the bills. The smoke must not have had much effect on me because I was eventually accepted into the Pittsburgh Dance and Repertory Company. What a feeling!
10K Distance Runner wrote:
I'll be going into my 2nd year of college and I've been welding for 4 years now during school. I've always wondered if breathing in the fumes and smoke are affecting me dramatically. I do notice every summer I improve my times a lot more than the other runners but it seems whenever I get into season and start putting myself in that smokey environment I only improve a little compared to the other guys. Anyone else that's a welder or has an opinion on this please comment
This cannot be understated: unless you are taking extreme precautions over and above what your employer or local regulations state, you will be subject to some pretty sad health effects as a career welder. this speaks very specifically to ventilation and the environment.
If there is anything this trade needs to instill in its next generation, it’s dropping the skill/bravado persona in favour of a culture that promotes and accepts safety controls currently seen as overkill.
Either use your personal funds, or lobby for your employer to subsidize it, but ppe adorned ventilation, area ventilation and properly designed job setups are not optional, they are a matter of life and death.
forget your question of whether you’ll be effected acutely in the “near term” with your running progression. If you cowboy weld, you will very likely end up with a welding fume induced equivalent to MS, and it’s game over.
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You could ask on a welding forum about running related injuries.
If I was a welder I'd want to be an underwater welder!
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