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Pennsylvania |
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| Company: |
Springs Window Fashions |
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Montgomery, Pennsylvania |
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| Industry: |
Manufacturing - SIC Code 2591 |
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| Employees: |
850 |
| Success Brief: Spring Window Fashions, a participant in OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs,
replaced heavy steel parts in machine press dies with light-weight aluminum, resulting in
greatly reduced injuries to employees who must hand position the dies into the press. |
The Problem
| Machine press operators experienced sprains, strains, and cuts when changing dies in machine presses. Each of the single ram cut-off dies weighed approximately 25 pounds and had to be positioned by hand into the press. |
The Solution
| The heavy steel die parts were replaced with light-weight aluminum, reducing overall weight and making the die much easier to handle.
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The Impact
| In the past year, there has not been a single compensable injury from performing this task.
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| Source: Dell Pratt, Safety and Security Manager (April 2003) |
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