Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a pants press in which the hot head had become locked in the down position. The hand controls could not return it to the up position. A coworker shut off the compressed air valve and then removed the line connection to bleed off air. The hot head then returned to the up position. Employee #1 repositioned the jeans in the press. A coworker tightened the line and opened the valve, returning the hot head to the down position. Employee #1's arm was caught under the press. When the coworker turned the valve off and bled the line Employee #1 removed her burned arm from the press. She required hospitalization.