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Document ID (ISN)19700
CIS number 72-2655
Year 1972
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Safety Section, Labour Standards Bureau of the Ministry of Labour
Title Supervisors' manual of oxyacetylene welding
Bibliographic information Japan Industrial Safety Association, 35-4, 5-Chome, Shiba Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Mar. 1972. 173p. Illus.
Abstract A manual of safe practice for oxyacetylene welding supervisors. Individual sections are devoted to: combustion and explosion; acetylene and other fuel gases; oxygen; calcium carbide; design ad handling of gas cylinders; acetylene generation; gas welding equipment (valves, blowpipes, nozzles); manifold systems; oxycutting; accident prevention; typical accidents that have occurred in Japan; Japanese legislation and regulations related to gas welding safety.
Descriptors (primary) supervision of dangerous work; gas welding
Descriptors (secondary) gas cutting; Japan; acetylene; piping; oxygen; manuals; legislation; calcium carbide; gas cylinders
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Construction industry
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Welding and cutting
Safety supervision