Abstract: On August 20, 1990, Employee #1, a machine operator for Steward Walker Company, a plastic bottle manufacturer, was on the #9 bottle molder when some bottles became jammed between the molds. Without effectively shutting down the machine, he entered at the front; this entry was accessible and not adequately guarded when a funneling device was manually moved to the rear. When Employee #1 attempted to clear the jammed bottles, the fingers on his left hand were amputated. Proper procedure for entry was by means of a sliding metal mesh gate on either side of the machine that shut down the molder when opened.