Information on this page is drawn from "Sheetmetal Worker: Using a vice to elevate and hold tools" published by intel
NOTE: Request for permission pending.
Task
Workers use the roto punch and metal cutter in the course of their work.
Exposure
Both the roto punch and the metal cutter are designed to be mounted to a work bench. The work is being performed in a cut shop with limited space and fixed work surfaces. The available work surface is too low to mount the tool and support the workers being able to operate the tool in their power zone; in a neutral posture. Awkward postures would be required to complete the task.
Intervention Process
A 10" piece of unistrut was attached to the base of each of the two tools. The tools could then be held in place by a vice which was already mounted on the work surface. The vice height raised the tool to an optimum height for the worker to use in a neutral posture and required less force to operate the tool as well. Both of these tool positions are better choices for doing the task.
Materials
No cost. The vice was already in use in the shop and the unistrut came from the scrap barrel.
