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Pullout and Restraint Devices

Woodbury Devices, Inc. manufactures Pullout Holdout devices. When an operator's hands have to be dangerously close to an open die area, only a device of this nature, that is properly applied, adjusted and maintained, can physically restrain an operator from entering the die. (OSHA Standard 1910.217 (c)(3))

A pullout/holdout device mounted on a power press or press brake is mechanically connected to the machine slide.  The downward motion of the slide is multiplied, modified and transmitted to wristlets worn by the operator.  When adjusted so that the cables retract in the first part of the press stroke and dwell for the remainder of the stroke, it functions as a pullout device. (OSHA Standard 1910.211 (d)(15)) 

When adjusted so the cables are held in a retracted position for the entire press stroke, it functions as a holdout device. (OSHA Standard 1910.211 (d)(14)) The device exerts no "pull" on hands that are in a safe position, and a worker has freedom of motion.

Every time a different operator takes over control of a press or the die is changed, the pullout cables must be adjusted under an established procedure to ensure that they are safe for the operator and the job being run.  They should never be adjusted to allow the operator's hands in the point of operation as the dies close.

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