ATTN: welders or anyone around welders

This has never happened to me before, until yesterday......

i know welding galvanized steel can be dangerous, although i had never actually experienced it, yesterday i was welding some parts up laying on the bench, one of witch was a piece of tube that i THOUGHT was aluminized...i was wrong, it was sandblasted galvanized........about a hour later i got very nauseous, dizzy as hell, stomach cramps, a killer headache and my body was hurting all over.

about 2 pm yesterday i sucked down a bunch of milk and went to bed.............i slept untill 10 this morning ....about 20 hrs worth of sleep

a awoke to the same stomach cramps, and a slight headache...........i am feeling better but not really 100% yet......still have the brass shakes pretty bad and feel a bit discombobulated.........

any how read this and be CAREFUL
http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor/safety3/index.htm

WOW...sorry to hear, hope all is well


...AND....are you taking the advise from the linked site?
"If you KNOW you have been exposed to possibly harmful metal dust, fumes or vapors, INSIST on being tested for metal poisoning and explain why.

THINK when you are working. Consider the repercussions. Be safe, live long.

-guru "

Hope you get better G.

That is some very good info for us "garage" welders.

I'm about to start building a small trailer, I think I'll do most of the welding outside now.

hope you are doing ok. i know you are precautious person when it comes to things like this, just goes to show you can never be too carefull.

Thanks for the info.

Great info, I've read about that before.
Hope you feel better soon and like Joe said, get yourself tested ASAP.

Don't go keeling over on us. There's too many things we need you to fabricate! It sounds like it wouldn't be a bad idea to get checked out.

I've heard that can happen with galvanized steel. I'm glad to hear you're feeling better.

A friend told me it was like the flu but only worse. It sounds like you had it pretty bad. Hang in there bud.

Thanks for the info. I never would have thought about that as a new welder.

Hope you are doing better

Thanks Geo, hope you feel better. That galvanized crap sux!

That sucks man. Ive welded on galvanized stuff a bunch of times, but never got sick or nuth'n. One of the guys that works for us got sick once while cutting out some galvanized decking in a tunnel at a grain elevator. He was not liking it. Anyway, hope you shake the shitty feeling.

corey d

Damn dude... how sick can you be?? You DID spell "discombobulated" after all.



Seriously though, hope you get back to the 'manche soon.

Wow, I had no idea, thanks for the info. I hope your feeling better soon!!!!

Geo- give us an update! How you feeling?

Well my doc says i'm on day 3 of a 4 or 5 day ride........

today i feel a little better overall, the shakes are pretty much gone and i'm just sore all over, unfortunatly the bowel problems this poison brings have just begun to affect me.......

you may need to drink some pedialyte to help with dehydration. don't drink sports drinks like gatorade. Sounds like you may be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

Great Pumpkin wrote:

you may need to drink some pedialyte to help with dehydration. don't drink sports drinks like gatorade.

Eh?

Hey George, since you're laid up anyway, why not post a few pics of the progress on my rig?

Haha, seriously, though, I don't know what the difference is between aluminized galvanized vs sandblasted galvanized and how to tell them apart, but get better and whatever you do don't make that mistake again!

If he's got the case of the mud butts, he'll want to stay away from sports drinks. Same goes for reversal of fortune. The high sugar contents of sports drinks can make things worse.

redneckhouston wrote:

...unfortunatly the bowel problems this poison brings have just begun to affect me.......

lol...well there were thoughts of me dropping by sometime this weekend...but perhaps I shall wait

Hit the hot sauce man (the real stuff)...that shit cures everything.

Or a little mixture of 7UP and vinnegar...tastes nasty, but you'll feel better.

TxRubiRig wrote:

redneckhouston wrote:

...unfortunatly the bowel problems this poison brings have just begun to affect me.......

lol...well there were thoughts of me dropping by sometime this weekend...but perhaps I shall wait

Hey Geo, what's the update? You feeling 100% again? Hope you're back on your feet so you can enjoy the lovely Houston humidity that's rolled in.

Ya, how's the shit for distance project going? Hope you are on the upswing. Drink water, lots more than usual (which is very little I bet). Dehydration hurts.