Welding, cutting, and brazing is addressed in specific OSHA standards for general industry, maritime, and construction. This section highlights OSHA standards and documents related to welding, cutting, and brazing.

• 1910 Subpart I - Personal Protective Equipment, plus nonmandatory compliance guidelines for hazard assessment and PPE selection.
• 1910 Subpart Q - Welding, Cutting and Brazing:
• 1910.251, Definitions.
• 1910.252, General requirements.
• 1910.253, Oxygen-fuel gas welding and cutting.
• 1910.254, Arc welding and cutting.
• 1910.255, Resistance welding.
• 1910 Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances, including 1910.1026 Chromium (VI).

• 1915 Subpart D: 1915.51 Ventilation and protection in welding, cutting and heating; 1915.53 welding, cutting and heating in way of preservative coatings; 1915.54 hollow metal containers and structures; 1915.55 gas welding and cutting; 1915.56 arc welding and cutting; 1915.57 uses of fissionable material in ship repairing and shipbuilding.
• 1915 Subpart I - Personal Protective Equipment, with non-mandatory guidelines for hazard assessment, PPE selection, and PPE training.
• 1915 Subpart P: 1915.501 general provisions; 1915.502 fire safety plan; 1915.503 precautions for hot work; 1915.504 fire watches; 1915.505 fire response; 1915.506 hazards of fixed extinguishing systems; 1915.507 land-side fire protection systems; 1915.508 training; 1915.509 definitions.
• 1915 Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances: 1915.1026 Chromium (VI).
• 1917 Subpart G - Related Terminal Operations: 1917.152 Welding, cutting and heating (hot work).

• 1926 Subpart J - Welding and Cutting:
• 1926.350, Gas welding and cutting.
• 1926.351, Arc welding and cutting.
• 1926.352, Fire prevention.
• 1926.353, Ventilation and protection in welding, cutting, and heating.
• 1926.354, Welding, cutting, and heating in way of preservative coatings.
• 1926 Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances: 1926.1126 Chromium (VI); 1926.1127 Cadmium.

State Plans are OSHA-approved workplace safety and health programs operated by individual states or U.S. territories. Most cover both private sector and state/local government workers; several cover only state and local government workers. State Plans must be at least as effective as OSHA and may impose different or more stringent requirements.

• Shipyard Employment "Tool Bag" Directive (CPL 02-00-162).
• Application of the Permit-Required Confined Spaces (PRCS) Standards, 29 CFR 1910.146 (CPL 02-00-100).
• 29 CFR 1926.451(w) and (a)(18) as applied to welding on float or ship scaffolds (STD 03-10-006).
• 29 CFR 1926.350(a)(9) securing of compressed gas cylinders (STD 03-08-002).
• Replacement welding tips (STD 01-14-001).
• Welding, cutting or heating of metals coated with lead-bearing paint (STD 03-08-001).

• Removal of regulators and use of valve protection caps when hoisting compressed gas cylinders.
• Employer's responsibility to protect employees through appropriate hazard control methods.
• Welder electrical safety training.
• Conflict between requirements of 1910.252 and 1910.146.
• Welding and noise in confined spaces.
• Wearing of contact lenses while welding.
• Methylacetylene-propadiene, stabilized, is not a liquefied petroleum gas but is considered a fuel gas.