Acknowledgements
We want to thank Guillaume Lemieux and Yuvin Chinniah for their research on the safeguarding of hydraulic
power press brakes as well as the members of the follow-up committee who participated in the production of this
document: Tony Venditti and Waguih Geadah, Association sectorielle fabrication d’équipement de transport et de
machines; Guillaume Côté and Serge Simoneau, Association paritaire pour la santé et la sécurité du travail Secteur
fabrication de produits en métal et de produits électriques et des industries de l’habillement; and Denis Leblanc,
CSST.
We also want to thank the companies Venmar Ventilation Inc. and Bombardier Aerospace that did not hesitate
to share their invaluable experience on the safeguarding of hydraulic power press brakes with the IRSST. Finally,
we want to acknowledge the help of Mathieu Billette and Christophe Guignolet, integrators of safety devices on
hydraulic power press brakes.