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Safety - Page 27
- From The Fabricator
A brief history lesson on steel prices during crises
- By John Packard and Tim Triplett
- Apr 17, 2020
- Blog Post
The steel market is growing softer by the day, but it’s not as bad as it was during the Great Recession. In fact, the rebound from this COVID-19-induced downturn might be pretty dramatic.
- From The Additive Report
Canadian makers 3D-print PPE in response to COVID-19
- By Kip Hanson
- Apr 16, 2020
- Article
An Ontario supplier of educational products mobilizes makers to 3D-print ‘tens of thousands’ of face shields for health-care workers.
- From The Fabricator
Formaspace builds ESD workbenches for ventilator production at GM
- Apr 16, 2020
- News Release
Austin, Texas-based Formaspace has completed an initial order of 500 new electrostatic discharge (ESD) workbenches destined for General Motors’ manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Ind., where GM and Ventec Life Systems are partnering to produce Ventec critical care ventilators in response to the...
- From The Fabricator
Georgia Trade School helps produce quarantine containers
- Apr 16, 2020
- News Release
Georgia Trade School graduates are helping to produce quarantine containers to be installed at a hospital in Georgia. The school’s employer partner, Bmarko Structures, was contracted by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency to build an auxiliary hospital in just one month from scratch to...
- From The Fabricator
Kawasaki, IntoMetal team up to produce gas mask adapters for Nebraska State Patrol
- Apr 16, 2020
- News Release
Two Lincoln, Neb., companies—Kawasaki Motors, a member of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl., and IntoMetal—have partnered with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) to create an adapter that allows current gas masks to work with a different filter model. The product is expected to...
- From The Fabricator
More than 80% of small manufacturers impacted by COVID-19
- Apr 16, 2020
- News Release
Gaithersburg, Md.-based Xometry, a marketplace for custom manufacturing, has released its Q1 Small Manufacturing Index report. The report showed that just 25% of manufacturers are optimistic about anticipated future business, compared to 45% in the second-half 2019 report. More than 80% of small...
- From The Fabricator
Don’t let unhealthy habits be a premature death sentence
Manufacturing workers often live unhealthy lifestyles because of long hours and shift work. Unfortunately, that makes them a prime target for health problems, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic.
- From The Fabricator
Ford, Wayne State University, Access Coalition launch mobile COVID-19 testing for Michigan first responders
- Apr 15, 2020
- News Release
Ford Motor Co., Wayne State University, the Wayne State University Physician Group, and Access have launched a new initiative to improve access to COVID-19 testing for symptomatic first responders, health care workers, and corrections officers in Michigan. Ford is providing vehicles, drivers, and...
- From The Fabricator
Ford producing PPE, test kits to fight pandemic
- Apr 15, 2020
- News Release
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., is expanding its efforts to design and produce urgently needed medical equipment and supplies for health care workers, first responders, and patients fighting the coronavirus. In addition to the current production of more than 3 million face shields in Plymouth,...
- From The Fabricator
OSHA recommends face shields and homemade masks for workers—as a last resort
During the COVID-19 pandemic, most metal fabrication shops fall in OHSA's “low risk” area, but it doesn’t remove them from the responsibility of trying to keep employees safe. Here's what you should know.
- From The Fabricator
Monaghan Tooling rushes custom ventilator tooling project
- Apr 14, 2020
- News Release
Dayton, Ohio-based Monaghan Tooling Group has responded to a request for a burnishing tool to produce a very fine microfinish on a flat surface of a ventilator component. New England’s Butler Bros., a Monaghan distributor, had a customer that needed custom tooling to produce 2,500 ventilator...
- From The Fabricator
NAM urges SBA to ease implementation of Paycheck Protection Program
- Apr 14, 2020
- News Release
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has sent a letter to Jovita Carranza, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), on the ongoing implementation of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) outlined in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act....
- From The Fabricator
Free webinars, resources present management strategies during COVID-19 pandemic
- Apr 13, 2020
- News Release
Several free webinars and other resources are now available to help business leaders navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on their companies. Boston-based Sustainable Performance Institute offers the following upcoming webinars: “Boost organizational resilience: People, processes,...
- From The Fabricator
Will best practices for COVID-19 shop safety work when fabricators come back?
COVID-19 has forced metal fabricators to think more about safety on the shop floor. Here are some guidelines for those still working and those waiting to return to work.
- From The Fabricator
Redefining what is considered essential in manufacturing during a crisis
- By Josh Welton
- Apr 11, 2020
- Blog Post
Detroit welder Josh Welton gives his take on what should be considered essential in the manufacturing industry in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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