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Re: 2016 IRI - Rule Changes and Reasoning

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Originally Posted by jajabinx124 View Post
FIRST discontinued the portcullis due to safety. It apparently gave a number of volunteers injuries and sent a couple to the hospital. (while putting it together/and taking it down, field reset volunteers didn't get injured but it was the volunteers who made sure it was ready/volunteers that needed to take it apart I think)
One of the field supervisors recently posted a rather graphic) picture of his rather damaged fingers due to the portcullis mangling it (he needed screws placed int his broken fingers). We don't need any more injuries.
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