Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on December 6, 2004, Employee #1, a worker for an employer that manufactures sheet metal products and galvanized wire, gutters, furnace pipe and fittings, was operating a 0.025 taper/cone seaming power press to close the seam on sheet metal roof vents. As Employee #1 activated the foot pedal of the press, the fingers on his left hand went beneath the barrier of the guard and closed on his fingers. Employee # 1 suffered a partial amputation of two fingers on the left hand. The accident investigation revealed that the barrier guard was adjusted too high to adequately guard the point of operation.