FIRST release/injury form

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by jpsaul7usa

I don't see why the topic shouldn't be brought up. FIRST history is just like real history: know it or repeat the mistakes made by those before you. In the case of safety, I believe this is very important. I've heard of one incident in which a student died from being dropped in a mosh pit at a regional social. I think this sort of thing is a tragedy and that everyone in FIRST would not like any more accidents like it to happen again.

OK, before this rumor gets out of hand, let's stop it here. There has NOT been a student death from an incident at a regional party. There was a serious injury at the 2002 Cleveland Regional party, which was held at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. A student was "crowd surfing" during the performance by the band. He was dropped by the crowd, fell on his head, and had to be taken away by ambulance. After a stay in the hospital, he made a full recovery. This incident was a causal factor in FIRST getting away from event "Parties" and moving to "Team Socials" (i.e. no bands).

I don't mean to jump on anyone about this, but we need to make sure that rumors like this don't get out of hand. If we aren't carefull, these things tend to grow in severity and impact with each re-telling, and soon bear little resemblance to the original event.

-dave

[dhitchco]

Dave,
excellent response.

Even better.......most companies take pride in their safety records. I'd even go as far as to suggest to each team that they post a sign in their work areas saying "X days in robot build without an injury" just like most construction companies do.

By the way, does any team have a manual for their safety officer and his/her responsibilities:
during the build period
at the regional event(s)
at the regionals, but off-site (travel, hotel, party, etc)
at the national

[KathieK]

Originally Posted by dhitchco

By the way, does any team have a manual for their safety officer and his/her responsibilities

We don't have a manual per se, but follow what is in the FIRST manual, section 2.5.9.2.

In addition, when we arrive at a competition or hotel, our Safety Captain is supposed to communicate to the entire team a safe location where we all would meet in case of an emergency.