SAFETY WARNING We do all we can to supply dies that will produce material to your specification. Since we have no control over how the dies are actually put to use, it must be understood that it is the user who has the responsibility of making certain that a proper application with due regard to safety in operation is followed. Safety and industrial standards must be considered to insure that point of operation protection is effective. Our dies are never intended to be used in equipment without a means provided for preventing hands and other parts of the body from entering or remaining in the die space while equipment is in motion. To Prevent Injury… 1. Insist that the die-setter being fully familiar with the press or machine manual. 2. Require dies to be set only by a qualified die-setter who is safety conscious. 3. Provide all point of operation guards or devices necessary – the essence of this being the avoidance of exposing any part of the operator’s body to the closing of the machine press. 4. Provide hand tools to insert material, to hold or remove parts if necessary, and to keep hands at a safe distance from the point of operation. 5. Insist on safety practices and procedures and enforce them day in and day out. 6. To ascertain proper set up, follow the instructions referred to in the manual for the machine in which dies are being installed and operated. 7. Be certain that operators are trained in Safety Procedures, and arrange for periodic inspection to be sure operator is following said procedures. 8. Safety Standard approved devices, such as pull backs, gates, fences and controls should be made available for all press equipment. Two button operation may also be necessary in some instances. THINK SAFETY - ALWAYS!