Edina Robotics FIRST® Team 1816 The Green Machine

2017 Season Safety Presentation Brandon S., Safety Captain

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Safety: the condition of being protected from or

unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury.

What is Safety?

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To protect ourselves from danger

To protect others from endangering themselves

To understand the difference between something

dangerous and something that is not

Why is safety important?

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Instilling a culture of safety is a value that every individual

in the FIRST® community must embrace as we pursue

the mission and vision of FIRST. FIRST Robotics

Competition has adopted safety as a core value and

has established the framework for safety leadership in

all aspects of the program.

What FIRST Requires for Safety

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Be familiar with this manual, as well as understand and follow established

safety requirements applicable to your work area.

Be familiar with any site restrictions listed in the “Site Info” listed on event entry

on the FIRST Robotics Competition Team and Event Search page

regarding competition site location(s).

Work in a safe and responsible manner.

Use personal protective equipment (PPE), safeguards, and other safety

equipment as required.

Identify and report any unsafe or hazardous conditions to the student Safety

Captain, Mentor, and/or Safety Advisor. This includes work practices that

may cause an accident. Encourage safe behaviors in everyone around you.

Direct from the FIRST Safety handbook

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● Background checks are required

for mentors, volunteers,

chaperones

● student mentor ratio ~ 2:1

● One fire extinguisher (ABC type)

per Build station; checked

annually (its name is Vanilla Ice)

Safety in our Workshop

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● Safety Closet

○ Leather and chemical gloves

○ Ear protection (headsets and earplugs)

○ Safety binder

○ First aid kits and hand wipes

More Safety in our Workshop

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Safety Closet Cont.

○ injury logs easily accessible

○ Battery disposal kit

■ unexpired baking soda

■ goggles

■ scrub and bubbles (used to find leaks)

■ rubber gloves

Even more Safety in our Workshop

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Should lift robot with legs not back

Watch out for sharp edges on robot

Always be wearing PPE around the robot

Make sure people know when you are enabling the robot.

Don’t stick your hand inside the robot while it is enabled

Robot Safety

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• Eye Protection

– Safety glasses, side shields, goggles, face shields

– Use anywhere there is a powered-on robot and when you are in the workshop

• Tied-back long hair

• Avoid loose fitted clothing

• Hearing Protection – Earplugs, Earmuffs

• Hand Protection – Wear gloves when handling chemicals

• Foot Protection – Close toed and closed-back shoes

PPE (Personal Protective

Equipment)

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• Includes any hand-held tool used to finish a task

• Use if:

– It is in good condition

– There is a hard surface

– You know how to use it correctly

(A WRENCH IS NOT A HAMMER!!!!)

Hand Tools

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• Plan before you use

– Mentor must be present

– Good Condition

– Know how to use the tool

• Stay focused

– Don’t get distracted or distract others when using the tools

– Do not leave a tool unattended while it is on

• Turn off and unplug when finished

• Store safely

Power Tools

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Social Media

1816 doesn’t publish students’ last names online/in media Be a Gracious Professional online. You still represent “The Green

Machine” even when you are using your personal social media

accounts.

Make sure your email addresses and profile pictures are

“business” appropriate

Safety Online

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Make sure you have your cellphone on you at all times

You should have a buddy

Don’t give out your personal information to people you

don’t know even if they seem nice

If you see someone not on our team acting in an unsafe

way, it is okay to tell them to stop being unsafe because

it could put yourself in danger

Safety At Competition

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1816 staffs Safety glasses stations:

Lake Superior, Duluth

10,000 Lakes (U of M), Minneapolis

FIRST for All: Safety at Competitions

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Robot Safety

Features

Pit Flooring

Battery disposal kit

Battery box

Fire extinguisher

Safety glasses

First aid

Gloves

Safety binder

At the Events - Pit Safety

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Only 5 people are allowed

in a team pit

You must wear your PPE in

the pits

More Pit Safety

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Don’t plug batteries into each other

Hold batteries with TWO hands

Batteries are like babies. They are

fragile, they are very expensive, and

they make a mess if you drop them

We use a battery beacon to test how

charged the batteries are

If you do drop a battery, notify a

mentor right away even if it does not

crack open. DO NOT plug a

dropped battery back into a charger

How to Handle Batteries

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At the Events - Evacuation Plans

Duluth- DECC - Rocky Mountain Candy

Co./Parking Lot over the bridge from the

DECC.

Minneapolis - Aquatic

Center/Recreational Center, U of MN,

University Avenue

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At the Events - Championships Evacuation

St. Louis - meet at Renaissance Hotel across the street

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https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=a59bdb37-ba35-4cab-b2a5-

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It’s Quiz Time!

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It’s Quiz Time!