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Re: Lesson Learned 2016 - The Negative

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Originally Posted by OZ_341 View Post
The speed at which robot carts were moving down the aisles was very dangerous. I have never seen so many teams, moving so fast with nobody walking in front of the cart.

I saw 3 people get clipped HARD in just the short time I was down in the pits.
One girl went to the ground. I went up to the pit admin and a safety advisor on two different occasions and was told the classic, "We'll look into it".

On Galileo, we were in K22, leaving the pit and stepping out onto the cart superhighway at our intersection, was risky business.

There needs to be education, supervision, and ENFORCEMENT of cart safety. Its out of control. FIRST is simply getting too big I guess.
This is another thing that should be covered by a good harassment policy with actual enforcement. Enforcement seems to be mostly what's lacking. There needs to be staff dedicated to investigating these things and addressing them, instead of just pawning it off on the free time of safety advisors or something. I'm not saying immediately boot people for the first offense, but you need to convey the seriousness of the issue. Detain them and explain things and if they miss a match, it's better than if they break someone's ankle later.
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