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Inadequate or Ineffective safeguarding and hazardous energy control practices with power presses.- Guards and devices disabled to increase production, to allow the insertion of small-piece work, or to allow better viewing of the operation.
- Two-hand trips/controls bridged or tied-down to allow initiation of the press cycle using only one hand.
- Devices such as pullbacks or restraints improperly adjusted.
- Controls of a single-operator press bypassed by having a coworker activate the controls while the operator positions or aligns parts in the die, or repairs or troubleshoots the press.
- Failure to properly disable, isolate press energy sources, and lockout/tagout presses before an […]
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