Health and Safety as a major issue in welding, brazing and cutting technologies. 

EWA members consider “Health and Safety” as a major issue in welding, brazing and cutting technologies. They share related technical information in order to have the best knowledge available for both their own interest and that of the users. EWA established a collaboration with IIW, EUROFER and other associations, working on health and safety issues.
As a result of this cooperation, EWA issues a document describing the recommendations for exposure scenarios, risk management measures and to identify operational conditions under which metals, alloys and metallic articles may be safely welded.

The documents may be copied for the purposes of registration and compliance with REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and its amendments COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) N° 2015/830. It is intended to be provided as part of the Safe Use Recommendation for welding metals and alloys as well as welding consumables and welding equipment.
The documents describing the recommendations for exposure scenarios in English and theirtranslations in PDF format (updated in 2021 June), are here below:

In December 2024, EWA also published the document "Introduction to methods of prevention and extraction of welding fumes" in the versions available below: