Caught-in / between in Metal fabrication
Caught-in or between hazards remain a significant risk in metal fabrication shops, where heavy machinery and moving components can easily trap workers. Implementing proactive safety measures is essential to protecting your team and maintaining a secure, productive workspace.
About 62% of related real accidents concentrate in these types.
Key prevention
- Install and maintain physical machine guards to ensure no body parts can reach into pinch points or rotating equipment.
- Enforce a strict energy control program that requires all machinery to be fully de-energized and locked out before any maintenance or clearing of jams occurs.
- Establish clear operational boundaries and use visual markers to keep personnel at a safe distance from automated robotic arms or moving press beds.
- Prohibit the wearing of loose clothing, dangling jewelry, or long hair that could become entangled in spinning shafts or rollers.
- Conduct regular hands-on training to ensure every employee recognizes specific equipment hazards and understands the importance of never bypassing safety interlocks.
Related accident cases
A fire occurred during welding operations, resulting in a fatality. The primary hazards were flames and smoke.
During press forming operations, an employee was caught in a press machine, resulting in a fatality.
While moving components of a vulcanizing press, the employee's right middle and index fingers were caught between the press plate and table, resulting in fractures and requiring nine stitches. This incident was determined to be a time-loss injury.
A worker died in a press forming operation due to an accident involving a compression press.
During press forming operations, a worker's finger was caught and amputated by a friction clutch press.
During stamping press operations, an employee's finger was amputated due to being caught in a friction clutch press.