A company from 1857 that scarcely advanced it's Health & Safety practices.
> And that's not to mention just the baseline damage from lugging and hauling and hefting heavy pieces of metal.
Exactly - modern metal fabrication workers, fitters, turners, machinists, et al use forklifts, overhead cranes, eye protection, breathing rigs that filter out toxins and cool the face, and essentially work smart .. and that's been my experience since I first TA'd in a mining locomotive shed back in the late 1970s.
You can see examples of this in the heavy industry repair domain here:
