Dad worked a GM Buick division in 53. Workers would take the safety guards off the machine because it slow them down. 200 ton press making the roofs, air over hydrolic, had to have two hands on switch plus foot on one too. The hand switch was deactivated, worker saw a string in the press (It will make an imprint) leaned over with half his body in the press to get string and his foot hit the switch. Upper body 1/16 thick then. Maintenance came and scraped what was left, threw a bucket of soapy water in there and the press was running 10 minutes later. One of many stories he saw or heard about back then before OSHA.
