Re: How many safety chips are teams getting at Regionals?
 

So true, I had horrible saftey glasses at GLR because they always fogged up from sweating and stuff. I'm gonna be looking into ordering/purchasing some with my own money that are much more comfortable and less prone to being an annoyance (which is probably why most people dislike saftey glasses and neglect to use them around their own person work space).

Re: How many safety chips are teams getting at Regionals?
 

Yeah, I'm going to agree with this one. The cheap ($1 each) ones we used to have drove me crazy .. some instances I found myself leaving the pits just to take them off (this was several years ago). Safety glasses don't bother me anymore, probably because I'm required to wear them at work (ALL DAY), thankfully I have finally found a pair that is comfortable and fit me right. I found myself often sitting in the stands at our regional and not knowing I had them on ..

Anyways, not to hijack it .. but for a nice selection at a decent price .. www.safetyglassesusa.com - they're reasonably priced so you can order a few different ones and see which you like the best. If you're going to Atlanta, I'd suggest trying a pair of the indoor/outdoor ones .. they have a slight tinting on them that is perfect for the bright floor of the dome.

As for the Pit Admin person giving chips for returning glasses .. that just seems wrong to me. Even if you were borrowing them .. giving chips for returning them is just lame. Not to mention, if you return the safety glasses, you won't be wearing them .. which would mean that you're in the pits without safety glasses on, and you're getting chips for it? Cmon .. lets be real here.

I don't recall how many tokens we got, somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 or 50 at the Sac/Davis Regional. We came in 3rd for the Safety award. I was rather surprised, the large vise we had in our pit area, made the safety adviser cringe sometimes when kids brought reciprocating saws over and cut large things on it (Specifically, I recall a student with a 2ft 2x4 ripping it down the center .. of course I was watching it the whole time, it was still a little scary)

Re: How many safety chips are teams getting at Regionals?
 

When i was Safety Captain at the LA Regional i was able to get 25-26 total chips. It was about 50%-50% from safety inspectors and other teams. And i did give my 5 away too.

Re: How many safety chips are teams getting at Regionals?
 

at the palmetto regional we won the credit award with about 40ish chips

Re: How many safety chips are teams getting at Regionals?
 

I was one of the Safety Captians for our team, and we recieved 59 chips at the Finger Lakes Regional (which my co safety captian and i along with a really cool girl from Chuck team 84 won Safety Star of The Day) and ended up winning The UL Industrial Safety Award.
We also Compete at the Philly Regional where we recieved 52 safety credits(I was also safety star of the day at Philly) and ended up winning the UL Industrial Safety Award as well.
~Remember saftey goes far beyond WEARING YOUR SAFETY GLASSES (but thats always a good idea)

Re: How many safety chips are teams getting at Regionals?
 

Well when we were in Florida we got stunning 108 but at Purdue we got around 35 and Columbia only 32. Anyone know why Florida Safety guys were handing them out like candy?

(Not that I am complaining--I did get a cool safety hat pin)

Re: How many safety chips are teams getting at Regionals?
 

I don't know about Florida specifically, but I know in LA we gave out many more than some regionals.

As Safety advisors our reasoning was that the Safety Credits did no one any good sitting in the box. So we gave out as many as we could. This probably lead to a sort of "inflation" in the Safety Credits, ie each one was worth less than it might have been at another regional. OTOH there was a lot more "credit" floating around.

I think some might regionals might have been more focused on only giving credits out for exceptional behavior. This kept the worth high, but reduced the number in circulation.

These are different approaches and each has it's merits. I'm not going to say one is better than the other. Which is prefered might depend on how well teams practice safety at a given event more than anything else. It has been interesting to hear about the different events.

ChrisH