From the introduction:
...Since the current AIHA welding publications were somewhat dated, I volunteered to update the existing publications. At this juncture, I’m wondering if I got carried away or, alternatively, if I missed too much vital material. Looking at this manuscript, I would say that it’s about 2/3rds complete. However, it’s time to get what we have out to the Health & Safety Professionals and a Second Edition will have to cover topics that have not been fully addressed here.

The following ideas have been presented by various reviewers and I suggest that we include these in the second edition:

• Provide a chapter addressing ergonomic issues specific to welding.
• Provide examples of products for each soldering process.
• Provide a basic Industrial Hygiene and Safety “Best Practices Guideline.”
• Provide more perspectives on other unique welding environments where the external hazards need to be taken into account: underwater welding, welding in high radiation fields, welding in high pressure atmospheres (e.g., caissons), etc. Reference to these environments will round out the present shipyard/petrochemical emphasis.
• Provide more monitoring data on lead, chromium, manganese, cobalt, cadmium, etc. exposures to give the reader a broader view of possible contaminants and concentrations.
• Provide more pictures throughout. There is a particular need fo more illustrations of protective equipment.
• Provide a more thorough treatment of nonionizing radiation hazards and controls.

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