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Originally Posted by Cory
There is no requirement to comply with OSHA standards as a FRC team.
I'm all for safety but adding guards is often not actually more safe than teaching students real safety (like never working on the robot without it being disabled, or even better, off entirely).
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I can't recall ever getting to work on equipment in industry before going through a certification class. If it were as easy as educating people to not do unsafe things, why are there OSHA standards?
I think it's safe to assume that the vast majority of people that work on or around our robots are not idiots and know that sticking their finger into a chain will have bad consequences. Accidents happen when people aren't paying attention and inadvertently put their hand where it shouldn't go.
During testing this year, I was a few inches away from getting a finger caught in a floating idler, since I forgot it had been added to the robot, and didn't check that the robot was disabled. I can assure you that I wouldn't have been close to that spot if I knew that, but miscommunication, accidents... etc.