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 If you’ve worked in an Indian sheet-metal press shop long enough, you’ve heard versions of the same sentence: “Sir, bas ek second ke liye haath andar gaya…” (Just for a second the hand went inside.) But amputations don’t happen in “one second.” They happen because systems allow that one second to exist . Recent reporting around auto-component supply chains continues to highlight how power press injuries—often amputations—remain common , with recurring themes like missing safety devices, poor maintenance leading to double-stroke events, and weak enforcement/record-keeping . 1) Incident Snapshot (typical press-shop amputation pattern) Location: Sheet metal / auto-component press shop Machine: Mechanical power press (often with foot pedal) Job: Blank feeding + part forming in progressive/compound die What happens: Operator feeds blank manually (sometimes with gloves). Part/slug jams or misfeeds. Operator “quickly” reaches into the die area to clear it. Press cycl...