Safety Concern at Waterloo Regional

[cpeister]

During the elimination matches at Waterloo yesterday, one of the minibot towers malfunctioned. Between matches, a volunteer got up on a step ladder to replace the sensors in the tower. The ladder supplied by FIRST was too short and he was forced to stand on the top of this ladder to be able to reach the top of the pole.

I am not trying to attack this volunteer, he was trying to get the tower fixed so that matches could continue and was working with the tools he had. However, with this years field involving these tall towers, I think FIRST should be supplying a taller ladder. They supply spare sensors, so they must expect these to be changed with the ladders they provide. With such a focus on safety, things like this should not happen.