A 39-year-old brake press operator was killed when an exceptionally large metal sheet (lug) was ejected from the machinery he was operating and hit him in the head and chest. The operator was using a press brake with no guard in place to finish curving the 290-pound lug. He was standing near a forklift that was helping support the lug, close to the point of operation, as he applied pressure two to three inches from the edge of the lug. The lug slipped off of the back of the bottom die and was ejected from the press brake. The ejected […]