Category: Fab Shop Safety

Given its complexity, even minor mistakes in metal fabrication can lead to costly repercussions, including compromised product quality, wasted resources, and delays in project timelines. For fabricators, contractors, and engineers alike, avoiding common mistakes is crucial to maintaining efficiency, quality, and safety in the process. Here are some key mistakes that take place in metal fabrication, along with strategies to prevent them.

Operating a press brake, a key fabrication machine used to bend sheet and plate metal requires strict adherence to safety procedures. Press brakes are powerful and essential tools in many industries, but they also pose significant hazards if not operated correctly. Proper training, awareness of the risks, and implementation of safety protocols are vital to […]

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 […]