Abstract: At approximately 4:30 p.m. on November 6, 2012, Employee #1, a 22-year-old male Pressing Machine Operators with Dynacast Inc., was employed as a temporary machine operator assigned to the production floor. Employee #1 was operating a punch press also known as trim press at the work station identified as T-21. When he reached into the point of operation in an attempt to retreat work pieces the machine cycled and crushed both of his hands between the dies. Employee #1 was hospitalized for fracture injures to his hands as a result of the event. Employee #1 was a contract employee from a staffing agency at the time of his injury.