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The industry that forms heavy metal supports for buildings and other structures has one of the highest rates of occupational injuries and illnesses; welder and cutter was one of its most hazardous occupations. This article examines work activities and their associated safety issues in fabricated structural metal, an industry that exists in a factory setting where workers cut, shape, and join metal parts for use primarily in industrial and commercial buildings and, to a lesser extent, in bridges, ship sections, transmission towers, and offshore drilling platforms.
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