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1508 1ST STREET NE, BUFFALO, MN 55313
Standard 19100217 D07
Initial $3,750
Standard 19100217 F02
Initial $1,125
Standard 19100217 C01I
Initial $5,625
Employee Is Punctured in Chest by Press and Is Killed
At approximately 3:15 p.m. on November 7, 2013, Employee #1 was operating a mech anical power press. The press was a 75 ton Bliss full revolution press and was c ontrolled manually with a single die stroke mode and foot switch. The press form ed steel parts that were approximately 2.75 in. by 1 in. by 0.375 in. and create d them via two slight bends. After formation of the 1276th part, it was not remo ved from the dies before the next blank was placed in the dies on top of the alr eady formed part. When the press was cycled, the part was ejected from the dies with explosive force, striking Employee #1's chest and causing a penetrating tra umatic injury that killed her.
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