The Health & Safety Guide for Film, TV & Theater by Monona Rossol

Author:Monona Rossol
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allworth
Published: 2011-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

Always check into the hazards of antique and secondhand materials. You will find out some amazing things.

Electric/Lighting Shops

These shops have a very special problem if the work involves soldering electrical connections. Using lead-containing solders more than thirty days per year in any facility triggers the OSHA lead standards, requiring personal monitoring of the person(s) doing the job, training, blood tests, and more.

The best strategy is to switch to the lead-free solders that are now on the market. Most of them are a little harder to use than the old 60/40 and 50/50 tin and lead solders. Nevertheless, more and more industries are using them since they do not require the expensive ventilation and record keeping required under OSHA rules. Lead-soldered electronic equipment is not permitted to be sold in the European Union. Some of the new solders are alloys of silver, copper, zinc, and tin. They are a bit more expensive, but they also conduct electricity better than lead.

All solders emit metal fumes during use and should be used with ventilation. The ventilation can consist of a special self-contained HEPA-filtered fume collection system, which take up little space and costs well under $1,000. These are routinely used in the electronics industry for small soldering jobs. One good catalog supplier is

Nederman, Inc

6330 Commerce Drive

Westland, Michigan 48185

(800) 575-0609

www.nedermanusa.com

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