POWER OF ATTORNEY

	For Executing Forms 4 and 5


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Helen P. Oster, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, to:

1.	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 4 and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

2.	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 4 or 5
and the timely filing of such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

3.	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in her
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary
and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation.  The
undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorney-in-fact, or her
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

This power of attorney shall expire on December 31, 2008.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 13th day of November 2007.



/s/Leon Richards
   Leon Richards