FIRST Injuries

[Petey]

In 2002--which, for all you whippersnappers, was when there was a giant stack of storage containers on the top of a large HDPE ramp--I took a flying ninja leap at the stack and brought all 25 crashing down upon me. Got a couple nasty bruises.

I've done more damage to tools than gotten it from them, however. I've broken hammers and more than a few gamepieces. FIRST fears me

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Petey

In 2002--which, for all you whippersnappers, was when there was a giant stack of storage containers on the top of a large HDPE ramp--I took a flying ninja leap at the stack and brought all 25 crashing down upon me. Got a couple nasty bruises.

I'd have thought you'd have gotten some nasty bruises from the soccer balls in 2002. The bins were 2003. (And the bins took a lot of damage--I think of team 330s 25 or so, half a dozen survived.)

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by EricH

I'd have thought you'd have gotten some nasty bruises from the soccer balls in 2002. The bins were 2003. (And the bins took a lot of damage--I think of team 330s 25 or so, half a dozen survived.)

Only a few of ours survied, and the ones that did we now use for storage...lol

[IbleedPink233]

It's good that this forum was created because everyone knows that we can't talk about our injuries at competitions - that's when the safety judges are around!
There haven't been major injuries on my team while I've been on it (that I know of). I received a helping of minor cuts from our 2k6 bot whenever I had to load it in a hurry (which was basically before any elimination match) due to some gears and chains that were not placed in an idiot-proof location. I, as the unaware idiot, reaped the consequences. I started wearing gloves to protect myself, but then people started making fun of me. . .

The only injury 1986 has suffered was to a pair of jeans. A drill decided to attack my friends jeans, so now there is a 6" rip in that pair. Funny thing is, he still wears them on occasion.

[tacopaco789]

What about mental injury........like Insomnia during the last week of build. lol

Kyle
Team 624 CRyptonie Robotics

[Andy L]

Last year our programmer decided to have fun with a drill, an allen wrench, and my side. He thought it would just wrap my shirt up but went to close now I have a cool half circle mark on my side,

[Tetraman]

whatever happened to safety first?

[Lions for First]

a freshman on my team was bulding a toughbox and it (with 2 CIMs connected) fell on his "lap" and well there were some words id rather not say here

[Andrew Bates]

Nothing severe but it seems that there are about 20 more scars on my hands and knuckles than before FIRST...

[Kittybot]

Don't know if this counts. We've been playing with our trackball ( see youtube video, "Indestructable Trackball," to know what I'm talking about.). Numerous people have been hit on the head with it, fallen off while balancing on it, including me, and have been body slammed by it, again including me. Some of us have bruises on our fingers by not straightening them when the ball hits them.

[popo308]

Last year i burnt almost every finger with the solder gun
The "team vehicle" attacked my finger and cut it kinda nastily
fell off motor scooter (supposed to be working)
fell off trackball and twisted ankle
got hit in the head with trackball



Im sure there are more....

[whytheheckme]

Last year, one of our mentors was whacked in the head by our ramp, which wasn't properly fastened while we were moving it at the BAE regional. It wound up cutting part of his head open, and the EMTs had to stitch it back together (either 7 or 9 stitches as I recall.)

So the lesson is, the EMTs at hand at competitions are VERY useful, and it's a REALLY REALLY good thing they are there.

As for myself, the worst is probably some gashes, soldering burns, the usual splinters and pinches, and of course, the typical programmer's memory leaks and overflows.

Jacob

[lukevanoort]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

whatever happened to safety first?

It's like gun safety. You wear your safety glasses, put in earplugs, etc., but at the end of the day, you might pinch yourself cycling the bolt. Worry about the big problems, and try to minimize the occurrence of the small ones. Honestly, if there is a FIRST team whose members never get cuts, scrapes, burns, and other minor injuries, they are probably not building a robot. As for myself, I have done the usual: soldering burns, pinches, dropped stuff on my foot, abraded some skin off, splinters, and had an occasional minor cut. Never anything major though... I save those for when I am in the middle of the woods .

[laultima]

Originally Posted by Andy L

Last year our programmer decided to have fun with a drill, an allen wrench, and my side. He thought it would just wrap my shirt up but went to close now I have a cool half circle mark on my side,

I miss Boyd....

now all we have to do is hold up a drill in one hand and a hex wrench in the other and andy gets crazy mad