Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 4:45 AM ON FEBRUARY 5, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A ROUSSELLE 10 TON FULL REVOLUTION MECHANICAL POWER PRESS (SERIAL #BA12268) IN THE RUNNING BOARD DEPARTMENT. SHE LOST HER BALANCE AND CYCLED THE PRESS WHILE HER LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS BETWEEN THE DIES. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING RADIUS ENDS OF STONEGUARDS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. SHE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED FOR TWO DAYS AND HAD NOT RECEIVED ADEQUATE TRAINING ON THE MACHINE SHE WAS OPERATING. EMPLOYEE #1 INCURRED AN AVULSON TO THE DISTAL PORTION OF HER LEFT INDEX FINGER. THE AVULSION REQUIRED NO SUTURES. THE PRESS WAS UNGUARDED AT ITS POINT OF OPERATION.