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Bring Your Work Home…And Eat On It Every Night

Ben Stansel, our Business Analyst here at United Performance Metals, recently moved from the suburbs of Loveland, Ohio to Northside, a Cincinnati neighborhood near the beautiful Spring Grove Cemetery. With t...
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UPM Putting the "Tough" in Tough Mudder

Here at UPM, we challenge our employees to jump out of their comfort zones, even if that means diving into a big pile of mud! On June 11th 2016, 17 of our UPM employees and 16 families/friends of UPM, making...
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Congratulations to the Scholarship Recipients of 2016!

We’re pleased to announce this year’s scholarship recipients: Joseph Bunton, Son of Steve Bunton who holds an operations position for United Performance Metals and Chris Ivers, son of Marjorie Ivers, who hol...
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The Importance of Safety Glasses

Statistics provided by the U.S. Department of Labor suggest thousands of employees suffer from eye injuries every year, many resulting from work related injuries incurred when workers used inadequate eye pro...
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4th of July Fireworks Safety

The Forth of July holiday will be here soon, and one of our traditions inthe United States is to watch fireworks displays or shoot them off ourselves. Fireworks cause an average of almost 18,500 reported fir...
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UPM's FIRSTCUT+® Processing Services

Our FIRSTCUT+® Processing Services include cut-to-length, slitting, edging, chamgering & facing, shearing, laser cutting, laser gauge measurement, water jet cutting, plasma cutting, sawing, precision col...
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Safety Topic: Got Water?

In summer weather and other hot, humid working conditions, drinking enough water is vital to preventing heat illness. The most serious illness, heat stroke, can be fatal. It occurs when the body’s cooling sy...
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UPM Has a “Nose” for Helping Kids!

On this special occasion, staff members of United Performance Metals put on a happy face…and a big, red nose. Red Nose Day began in 1988 as a fundraiser to end child poverty around the world. To date, Red ...
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Safety Topic: Treat That Cut

The shelves of drugstores and supermarkets are loaded with a variety of bandages and other first aid items, so it’s surprising how many people still get infections from untreated wounds. Small cuts and abras...
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Safety Topic: Lift It Twice

Most of you have heard the general rules of safe lifting. Remember to “Get a firm grip on the load, keep it close, bend at the knees, use your legs to lift the load, and keep your spine in the natural positi...
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Safety Topic: Spring Cleaning Safety

As the weather starts to change many homeowners start to think about spring cleaning. Here are some safety tips: Household and pool chemicals, paints, and poisons should be properly marked and stored unde...
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Safety Topic: Pushing Safety

On occasion or perhaps even every day, we're called on to push something. Typically it's safer to push than it is to pull a load; however doing either can be dangerous to your body. Many soft tissue injurie...
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Safety Topic: Overconfidence

It's good you feel confident about your job. You take pride in your ability to do your work quickly and well. However, there is such a thing as overconfidence - when you forget about the hazards and fail to ...
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Safety Topic: You and Safety Awareness

Safety Awareness is like almost everything else we do . . . it is learned, not instinctive. We aren’t born with awareness for safety concerns. We learn through various means. Some learn by doing, others b...
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Safety Topic: Slips, Trips and Falls - Winter Safety Tips

Slips, trips and falls are the number one reason for an industrial injury in the United States. Below are some tips for walking outside when it is cold and snowy or icy: Plan ahead and give yourself suff...
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