FIRST Robotics prides itself on its culture of safety and hopes to inspire all participants to embrace its vision and mission of establishing safety as a core value, and the framework of the build process. Both students and mentors should take responsibility for committing to safe behaviors. The FRC™ Safety Manual is a great resource to use to familiarize yourself with how to adapt their "culture of safety". In the manual, they outline a few basic sets of rules that both students and mentors can follow to ensure the safety of themselves and others around them. They include:

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All Participants: 

 -Be familiar with the manual and follow the established requirements

 -Work in a safe and responsible manner

 -Use personal protective equipment (PPE) and other safeguards

 -Identify and report hazardous situations 

 -Encourage and inspire safety in everyone around you

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Mentors:

 -Lead by example and practice the behavior you wish to see in the shop

 -Provide guidance in general safety, use of PPE, lifting and transporting the robot,  and identifying unsafe situations

 -Use safety engineering principles with the team to eliminate or minimize hazardous situations

 -Be aware of updated and current safety guidelines

 -Collect and store Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for any chemicals used by the team and be aware of emergency procedures 

Safety is one of our first priorities on the team. To ensure it, our team has all of our members - new and old - go through safety training each year.

Below is a copy of our teams-adapted safety manual

Created by Caleb W