Well, it happened...

[tpitman]

There's a shop near the one I worked at in Daytona that had their safety cables disconnected. I remarked that it was a lawsuit waiting to happen. I got "nudged" a couple of times on my first year on the Gauntlet, but I always kept the cables connected and eventually muscle memory eliminated a "nudge" after that.

[BRGtshirts]

i wrote up a paper that describes all the safety procedures while working around presses.  it included pictures of the yellow cords, emergency stop buttons, indicator lights, not stepping into a press that can cycle (if yellow cords connected / emergency stop not pressed), dont walk behind press operator or unloader...  etc.  every employee has to read and sign that they have read and understand. 

disregard of safety procedures can lead to demotion or termination.  it might sound extreme, but i personally wouldn't want to work around someone that didnt care about my safety

 yes its an annoyance to follow procedures (ever have the end of a yellow safety cord fall in the ink as you remove a screen) but we havent had any accidents with our M&R or Anatol presses.

That's such a great idea.. we have a pretty solid safety culture here, but do not have a press-specific set of safety procedures. Running MHM's so fortunately the safetys cannot be disabled easily. No accidents except for one artist who leaned a little too far in and caught her hip (like so many other stories I see here) but the written procedures and signed acknowledgement will be key to keep that going. Thank you.

[Evo]

One of our current press ops got a hard lesson in his first week or two on press. He was only assisting then. Shirt came around to the unload station, with a hefty dwell on the indexer. He thought the press had stopped and stepped up to look at the finished print. Indexed him right above the belt and knocked him on his ass. Literally took him off his feet.

We had thorough refresher safety meeting the next morning.

The servo indexers and the spot cleaning gun get extra attention at all safety meetings and new employee orientations.