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Welding with Resistance
Welding Equipment
Self-Inspection Checklist

Guidelines: This checklist covers regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the general industry standards 29 CFR 1910.255 and 29 CFR 1910.306. It applies to the use of resistance welding equipment. This checklist must be used with the Welding, Cutting, and Brazing--General Requirements checklist. The regulations cited apply only to private employers and their employees, unless adopted by a State agency and applied to other groups such as public employees. A yes answer to a question indicates that this portion of the inspection complies with the OSHA, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard, or with a nonregulatory recommendation.
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General
  1. Is all resistance welding equipment installed

    2. by a qualified electrician?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(a)(1)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Is a disconnecting switch, circuit breaker,

    2. or circuit interrupter located at or near each
    resistance welding machine that can isolate
    the machine from the supply circuit?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(a)(1) and 29 CFR 1910.306(d)(2)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Do ignition tubes that are used in resistance

    2. welding equipment have a thermal
    protection switch?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(a)(2)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are employees and students trained and judged

    2. competent to operate resistance-welding
    equipment?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(a)(3)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are controls of automatic or air and hydraulic

    2. clamps arranged or guarded to prevent
    unintentional operator activation?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(a)(4)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
Spot- and Seam-Welding Machines
(nonportable)
  1. Are external weld initiation control circuits of

    2. nonportable spot- and seam-welding machines
    limited to 120 volts?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(b)(1)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are welding machine cabinet doors electrically

    2. interlocked to interrupt power, short circuit all
    capacitors, or otherwise prevent access to live
    electrical equipment?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(b)(2) and (3)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are press welding machines effectively guarded to

    2. prevent operator hand injury?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(b)(4)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are point-of-operation shield guards and fire-resistant

    2. curtains installed to protect students, employees,
    or passers-by from flying sparks?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(b)(5)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are foot switches guarded to prevent unintentional

    2. machine operation?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(b)(6)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are two or more safety emergency stop buttons

    2. provided on all special multispot welding
    machines, including two-post and four-post
    weld presses?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(b)(7)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are secondary welding transformers that are used

    2. in multispot, projection, and seam welding
    machines grounded where possible?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(b)(9)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
Portable Welding Machines
  1. Are portable welding guns suitably counterbalanced

    2. for supporting the guns (including cables), unless
    the design of the gun or fixture makes
    counterbalancing impractical or unnecessary?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(c)(1)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are portable welding machines that are suspended

    2. from overhead structures equipped with safety
    chains or cables?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(c)(2)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are initiating switches guarded to prevent

    2. unintentional operator activation?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(c)(4)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Does the movable holder, where it enters the

    2. gun frame, have sufficient clearance to
    prevent fingers from being cut when they
    are placed on the operating movable holder?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(c)(5)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are the secondary and case of all portable

    2. welding transformers grounded?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(c)(6)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
Flash-Welding Equipment
  1. Are flash-welding machines equipped with a

    2. hood to control flying flash?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(d)(1)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are fire-resistant curtains or suitable shields

    2. set up around the machine to protect the
    operators of nearby equipment?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(d)(2)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are fire-resistant curtains or suitable shields

    2. set up around the machine in a manner that
    does not hamper the operator's movements?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(d)(2)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are periodic inspections of welding equipment

    2. performed by qualified maintenance personnel?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(e)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Is a certification record of periodically inspected

    2. welding equipment maintained?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(e)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Does the certification record of periodically

    2. inspected welding equipment include the date
    of inspection, signature of the inspector, and
    equipment serial number or other identifier?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(e)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
Maintenance
  1. Are welding machine operators required to

    2. report any equipment defect to his or her
    supervisor?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(e)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Is defective equipment taken out of service

    2. until repairs have been completed?
    [29 CFR 1910.255(e)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 

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