Suggestion: Safety Sub-Forum

[GreyingJay]

Originally Posted by marshall

Vinegar?

I was picturing a broom and dustpan, assuming the spill kit contained dry acid neutralizer powder...

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by marshall

.. I saw what were clearly two underclassmen carrying 5 gallon buckets filled entirely too full and labeled "Battery Spill Kit". It was really hard for me to not stop and laugh, not at them mind you but at their predicament.

The US Navy safety program does a weekly message/e-mail officially called "Summary of Mishaps" but informally known as the "Friday Funnies". Except on those weeks which feature fatal accidents, mishaps small and not-so-small are presented in a light-hearted fashion which draws out each of the points where the mishap might have been prevented. They also occasionally have weeks dedicated to close calls, especially where the situation was redeemed by proper preparation or a cool headed individual who interrupted the doomed operation in time.

Among the many fictitious sub-institutions of the Summary of Mishaps is an enormous museum dedicated to safety equipment which contributed to or "caused" a mishap - a regular reminder that it is how you do something that brings about safety far more than what equipment you use to do it.

Perhaps there could be a perpetual thread (sort of like the "Quotes said during build season" or "You know you've overdosed on FIRST when") in which team safety captains and/or mentors relate safety mishaps and near-misses, calling attention to what was done wrong and what (if anything) was done right. If you can do it in a light-hearted self-deprecating fashion while maintaining GP, that would be great. And others can provide examples of procedures that would have prevented the mishap (earlier), even better!

Of course, this thread would also provide a great resource of material for weekly or monthly safety talks. I could imagine a safety captain picking out a recent incident from the thread, and reading it to his/her team. There would follow a few minutes of discussion as how the team's current procedures would have prevented or allowed the incident to proceed, followed up by reading of the "follow on" posts from CD, and finally discussion to recommend safety rule changes (if deemed necessary). If one team's incident or near miss could help dozens (or hundreds or thousands) of other teams to improve their response, the thread would be a rousing success.

[mman1506]

We could have a "Sh*t safety advisors say" thread.

[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by mman1506

We could have a "Sh*t safety advisors say" thread.

Or "Sh*t safety advisors do"...

At one of our events this year, a Safety advisor (talking on his phone) walked beind our truck and robot trailer which was backing up. Thankfully our driver saw him...

[littlemissLish]

I'm Working on a Facebook page for it and getting people to join. I feel it will be a good idea to have one just because when i first joined as safety captain my team just had someone that talked about the robot and left the rest alone. I admit it was really hard until the end of the year when i finally met a captain that was willing to help me. since i got help and changed our team around in the safety department. i was voted for safety star of the day. It would have been avoided if we had a forum or a page, i just don't want that to happen to other new captains in the future. if you all wanted to know the page i'm working on. search Safety Captains United on Facebook.

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by mman1506

We could have a "Sh*t safety advisors say" thread.

"Hey, you guys should be wearing gloves while doing that..."

[MaGiC_PiKaChU]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

"Hey, you guys should be wearing gloves while doing that..."

a freshman on the safety crew told me to put on my gloves while I was in the pit... Try to program or solder some wires using gloves