[Jill1022]

We won two Solae Dailey Safety Awards and the grand safety award at the Boilermaker regional.

A member on our team came up with a very interesting and creative way to keep our pit safe. We had an inovative lock out system that included lock out boxes and locks with the member's picture on it.

Here's what he posted on our forum:

This year there will be an award for Safty. I am working with JED to form a ssytem for Lockouts.

There are 9 locks (more if needed).
These locks hang on the "Lock Rack" with their key inside the keyhole. (The keys dont fall out, we tried to shake them out, they dont come out unless you pull them out.) There will be "Do Not Operate" tages for everyone on the team. They will have a picture of you and your name on them.

To Lock out something:
1. Grab the apropriate Lockout device. (usualy the Lockout for the connector for the battery- Put on robot side, not battery!)
2. Place Lockout device on what is to be locked out.
3. Take an apropriate lock from the rack (do not take one from somewhere else for someone-else might be using it) and get your tag from the box of tags.
4. Each key will hav a keyring with a clasp on it. After locking the lock on the Lockout device, remove the key and clasp onto the front of your shirt. There is a hole in your front pocket on your team shirt that you can feed it trough. DO NOT LOOSE THIS KEY. To see the clasp, click the link at the bottom.
5. After finishing your task on the robot, remove your lock and leave the key in the lock and return the lock to the rack. if you are the last person to remove your lock from the device, return the lockout device to its proper storage area. Make sure you place your tag back in the box.

If somone already has a Lockout Device on the robot with a lock on it and you would like to work on the robot:
follow steps 3-5.

If your lock will take the last open spot on the lockout device, get a lockout expander (adds 6 holes) and place your lock on that after attaching it into the last whole. If you have a lock on an expander, remember to return it if you are the last person to remove your lock from it.

If you cannot find your key, appropriate measures will be taken to replace the missing key.
There is a master key that the pit-boss has. HE will not open anyone's lock unless their key cannot be found or the robot is about to go out and the person cant be found.

If you have a lock on the robot, don not leave the pit area (or even our station for that matter).

Tags left outside the box that are not on locks will be taken. These tags are personal representations of you. If a lock is left out, the person who is using it will be asked to return it if they are not going to use it soon. The tag and the lock should be together durring the entire time that you are using it.