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I worked for a while in a forging/stamping shop. Some of the parts that we made were Buick V6 camshafts, Ford Taurus hubs, ring and pinion gears, etc. All steel parts. We wer awarded a contract to make the lower control arms for the late 80's corvettes. Aluminum. Well, one of the pieces landed on the floor right after it came out of the die. One of the guys picked it up without tongs or gloves because it wasn't flowing red - so it wasn't hot, right? Not a pretty sight - we had to call the paramedics to take him to the ER and he eventually had to have extensive reconstructive surgery on his hand. Worse than 3rd degree burns. The aluminum was just barely out of the plastic stage..........