Performance Fab, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Nov 30, 2017: Employee is struck by a falling piece of sheet metal and fr

At 5:30 p.m. on November 30, 2017, an employee was working for a machine shop. He was using an electric hoist on a jib crane to move a piece of sheet metal onto a plasma table. The sheet metal was 1.5 meters by 3.0 meters across and 13 millimeters thick (5 feet by 10 feet across and 0.5 inches thick). He attached a plate clamp to the side of the sheet metal. The plate clamp was connected to an overhead electric hoist installed on a jib crane. He attached the clamp to the side of the piece of metal that was away from the plasma table. He tightened the clamp manually. The employee lifted the clamp and sheet metal far enough up to clear the top of the table. He moved the bottom of the piece to the table's edge and then positioned the metal flat on the table. The employee had to make adjustments to the metal's position and stood up on the table. After he had made the last adjustment, the employee went to get off the table. The sheet metal fell from the clamp. It struck the back of the employee's legs as it fell to the table. He sustained fractured bones in his right leg. He was hospitalized. his right leg. He was hospitalized.