Quality Tool, Inc.

An employee was operating a coil-fed hydraulic punch press when a strip of material jammed in the die. The employee removed the guide rails and cleared the jam. The employee then re-secured the guide rails to the bottom die set by tightening the bolts. The employee then cycled the press, and a 2-inch guide rail shot out of the die and embedded in the employee's right side directly below the chest cavity causing a laceration, blunt force trauma, and a bruised liver. The employee required hospitalization and surgery.