Advanced Safety Engineering & Case Studies

A deep-dive into the systems thinking that separates a checklist from a real safety program. You will apply the OSHA/NIOSH Hierarchy of Controls to design out FRC hazards, run a Job Safety Analysis (JSA) on shop machines, build a design FMEA with Risk Priority Numbers to prioritize the riskiest mechanisms, run rigorous incident investigations with 5 Whys, and study worked case studies - a brownout-caused match loss, a battery fire avoided, and a pneumatic injury near-miss - to see these tools in action. This is how teams build safety on substance, not posters - which matters now that safe practices are a requirement for eligibility for every judged award.

Advanced Safety Engineering & Case Studies closes the Safety guide as module 7 of 7, after Common Safety Mistakes & Troubleshooting. Its 5 lessons are about 135 minutes of the guide's ~10 hours.