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Re: safety

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Originally Posted by emmatheepic View Post
I am also a safety captain for my team, the IgKNIGHTers. When I came on as safety captain last season as a sophomore, we truly did not have much of a safety culture or program in place. I was scrambling to find out more information (I was assigned this task halfway through season) before our first regional in Toronto, but although I read the safety manual, I still felt as though I was lost there. There were too many of my team members in the pit, some people even were putting their safety glasses on their heads, and it was just a mess. We were scolded several times that day by safety officers for unsafe behavior, which is not a great thing to have on your team's reputation.

At our next regional, FLR, I came into it feeling quite a bit more prepared. I had enforced more safe behaviors within my team and was prepared to tell the safety judges a little bit about the changes we had made. However, upon seeing the other teams at the competition (e.g. 3044, who won the Industrial Safety Award there), I realized I had a long way to go before my team could even compete with some of these already established safety cultures.

So, for this season, I have started up many safety initiatives within our team. Working with several mentors, I have presented on general safety tips and am working on presentations about tool use and electrical safety for specific subteams. I have started a better system for our safety glasses so that they don't all get lost, and they are now required in the workroom regardless of if you have glasses or not, even though many complaints have been made about this change. We are in the midst of ordering even more PPE, such as lifting gloves and even toe guards, which were suggested to me by a safety judge at FLR. We are compiling a folder of MSDS files (thank you, team 2062, for your fantastic database). Finally, I am also an official Safety Smart Ambassador through Underwriters Laboratories, which qualifies me to educate kids ages 4-14 about basic safety.

One can clearly tell that I am passionate about safety, and I am even looking into careers in this field when I'm older. My advice, however, is don't overwhelm yourself. Do one thing at a time, addressing issues as they come. The most important part of a safety program is to ensure that no one gets injured during season.

Good luck, and remember, Safety FIRST!
could i possibly get that database?
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