Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a Chicago 50-ton press brake. The press had an 8 ft bed, and about 3 ft of it were being used as the point of operation. Employee #1 would put a 28 1/4 in. by 2 1/4 in. steel part into the die area with her left hand and step on the foot control to cycle the press. She would then remove the part with her right hand and put each end into the die area to put the second and third bend on the part. Employee #1 stated that she had put a part into the die area when she noticed the ram coming down slowly. She had her foot under the foot control and raised the pedal, thinking this would stop the ram. Instead, the ram came down faster and caught her left hand in the die area, completely amputating all four fingers. Employee #1 had been wearing pullbacks, but they had not been properly adjusted.