Safety Tests

[adammiller3122]

Hey guys, I am in charge of creating the safety tests for my Robotics Team. I am wondering if any body has some FRC safety tests that they are willing to share with me. I am trying to differ it from last year as ours was quite extensive. Which don't get me wrong, it is a good thing, but it was a long test. It took about an hour and was literally our school's metals class final plus more. If you would be so kind as to share them with me, that would be great. You may post a link on this site or you may email them to me. My email is amilog [at] outlook.com. Thank you!

[Al Skierkiewicz]

One of my personal peeves is the implementation of pneumatic actuators. Parts should not move when the robot is turned on or off, or when the air pressure is rising or falling. If your design causes movement without the robot being enabled and commanded, then you should redesign the implementation. I have seen far too often, a robot move and break something, launch something or injure someone when a simple design change could have prevented the incident.

[Torrance]

254 has used this machine tool quiz for the past few years to ensure new students are competent enough to properly use the various lab tools. Most of it is simply requires common sense.

[magnets]

Originally Posted by Torrance

254 has used this machine tool quiz for the past few years to ensure new students are competent enough to properly use the various lab tools. Most of it is simply requires common sense.

I love question 11:

11. Work must always be held in/with/on ___ *
a vise or clamp
your hands
your teeth

[adammiller3122]

That is the one thing that I am trying to avoid is mostly common sense. I mean, it is going to be very hard as safety is mostly common sense, but I would like to get them thinking. I want everybody actually know what they are doing rather than people just being able to BS their way through it. Thank you for the suggestions so far guys!

(and yes, #11 is a great one!)

[Cynette]

Rolling Thunder's sample safety resources includes some sample safety quizzes that have some questions you might like. http://penfieldrobotics.com/resources/safety.php

My favorite all time question:

What does MSDS mean?
a Military Status Data Summaries
b Mel's Super Drama Stoppers
c Material Safety Data Sheets
d Machine Survey Document Sheets

[Jon Stratis]

Any safety test should include questions specific to the machines in use in your shop - where to place you hands, which machines should be used with hearing protection, where the emergency stop is, how to handle material in the machine, which materials are appropriate for which machines, etc. For us, everyone has to pass both a written test AND be observed using the proper procedures and making the correct decisions with a machine before the mentors stop hovering with their hand on the emergency stop. We still observe and supervise, it just becomes a lot easier and less stressful once a student has proven she knows how to use things properly.