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Originally Posted by Koko Ed
and hang safety poster anywhere and everywhere....
When I think of the Safety Award I think of what team 250 did last year in the Philadelphia regional to win it. They actually took care of a potentially dangerous situation with a leaking battery that was so textbook they should have filmed it so other teams can see how it's done just in case such a situation arises again.
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+10 - this award is a pet peeve of mine.
We've now placed 2nd for the safety award 3 times. At the Michigan State Championships, we collected over 50 safety tokens.
Nearly every single one of those were given to us because we:
#1 Had a corner pit at the biggest intersections in the venue
#2 Had it clean and organized
The safety award needs to be a judged award where they discuss aspects of YOUR robot that were unsafe and what you've done to protect yourself. I'd wager we'd see major improvements in gear guarding, chain guarding, labeling, wiring, and many of the other 'major' culprits. For instance, how many teams have a foot-actuated wheel lock to prevent the cart from being moved unintentionally? How about a safety token for each team that shows up with their main breaker and pneumatic valve already pre-labeled?