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Bryan Westbrook responded to my observation that modifying the equipment to
prevent injuries is the best solution: <<Actually most automatic pressing
equipment is operated by two buttons (usually positioned 180 degrees apart)
that require the operator to have both hands on the controls. The prevents
them from having their hands under the press. Of course, that doesn't do
anything to stop somebody's beer belly from getting in the way. <g>>>
It also doesn't necessarily stop problems such as the following: the part
being pressed moves after the operator has placed it under the press and
started the press moving, but before the press has fully descended, and the
operator sticks their hands under the press to adjust its position. If
memory serves, that's what happened in the case my friend's father reported.
I've also heard (anecdotal thus unconfirmed) of operators who snagged a
sleeve on the part being pressed and got their hand dragged under the press.
--Geoff Hart, FERIC, Pointe-Claire, Quebec
geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
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