Category: Fab Shop Tips

Not a Passing Grade “What’s this?” the boss asked, indicating the pallet of sheet metal freshly delivered to the shop. “That’s the steel you had me pick up from the service center,” replied the eager employee who was just starting his third week on the job. “Did you hand them the note I gave you?” […]

Preventable Hazards Safety programs in a metal fabrication shop usually consist of protecting against commonplace risks when working with heavy equipment and hazardous materials. However, there are various factors that can add unnecessary risks into the workplace on top of the routine difficulties. These, in large part, have to do with impairments with the employees […]

Everything Wears Out It’s a universally understood truth that the only things that are certain are death and taxes. Along the way to death, however, there is usually decline. People and things get older and tend to break down. Just as seasoned workers sadly often get replaced by younger employees, sometimes newer technologies make old […]