What safety practices can you list....

[Robert]

If you think you are doing something wrong, you probalby are.

If you think you know everything, you are pobably doing something wrong.

In the shop, everyone has a tool log. If they are not trained in the safe operation of that tool and signed off on it, they cannot use that tool. To get signed off, they must use it properly in front of me.

Ladders are used with two people. One on the floor and one on the ladder.

[soundman]

Some times we use three people for a ladder one on each side and one on the ground to hold.

Safty glasses are a must working with any cutting or grinding tool.
No runing on the cat walk, it sways.
Empty out our pockets before going up to the loading rail to toss iron.
When in doubt ad another screw.
The builder gets to test out the set piece.

[miniwyo]

If you are in an a position that is higher up you must empty your pockets of everything that isnt attached.

If you are letting somthing drop allways warn people first, call out "EYES AND EARS!!!"and always wait for a response.

Noone is allowed underneath the loading dock while someone is loading. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!

It ALWAYS takes 2 people to carry a platform, no ifs ands or buts.


RJ
Rock Springs Wy.

[bluesbabypoet]

our big one is to wear safety glasses when we cut anything.

another is to keep the closet clean. we've had wayyyy too many people step on nails and end up out of school with problems cuz of it. (2 in 2 productions)

platforms have to be able to hold as many techies as its supposed to hold actors.

[Radman]

Make sure the ladder doesn't wiggle.
Tape it down or tie it up.
Don't play with the asbestos fire curtain.
Wear a belt.
Be glad not to have a fear of heights.
Keep it neat.

[SMTashi]

--Double check any light that you've hung (we have the worst ceiling in our auditiorium. First off, the auditorium itself is used for a lunchroom usually so it's one level and we have maybe 3 permanent bars to hang lights from which are safe and have passed the Berlin safety test. The ceiling is wooden slats though so cables that aren't properly placed or tied down sometimes fall a little and hang right next to the lights. Not a good idea)
--When up the ladder, make sure that you take all tools back down before taking the ladder down. Our ladders are about 4 meters tall (very sturdy) but easy enough for someone to take them down. I can't count the number of times I've seen a wrench or hammer fall from those ladders or heard someone yell "wait there's my leatherman up there!"
--If you don't know exactly what you're doing. ASK FOR HELP.

[nate]

In our school, the general practice is that we don't do anything stupid. If you do something stupid and get hurt, then its pretty much your own fault. As far as the rehearsals during tech week and the actual performances, the actors all know that the crew is in charge. If they get in our way, they get ran over.

-Nate

[SuperCow]

Yell things out:

"Grid lights going out!"
"Mercs going out!"

And so on and so forth. Really, there are no set in stone safety policies, since we're a private school and when you register you have to sign a release waiver, so if it's your fault, you live with it.

[mr_sound]

Originally Posted by zac850

I tape down the coards with half a roll of duct tape, to make sure that a little kid dosen't trip on the coards and sue the school (or me).

you should try hanging all cables over the doorways. even a well taped down cable is really easy to trip over if you don't know it's there. i think some areas even have laws that require this. it's a big pain to do it over and over again...but it's worth it.

some shortcuts though, if you do go that route....if you can install some hooks or something of the sort in the wall, then you can just use a long pole to hang the cables up and you don't even need to climb a ladder. if all else fails, just use some gaff and it'll stay.

as for the kids messing with the booms....i always rope off my speaker stacks with that orange safety fence you always see at festivals. sure it looks tacky...but it keeps anyone from even thinking about climbing the stack. i'd rather it look like crap than have 200 pounds of speaker come falling down on someone.

[sallyj]

Because of some very tight turnarounds, we often have to send people to the grid while others are on the deck. We have hard hats available, and we always announce that somebody is going up (Two in the Grid!) and an acknowledgement will be given as well when the workers leave the grid. If welding needs to be done onstage, we hang signs everywhere that there is welding on stage and to not enter the stage area unless it is required. We also screen in the area that has welding going on. Many people choose not to heed the signs, but we feel we have done about everything we can except bar the doors which breaks fire codes. We have been known to hang yellow caution tape across doorways to deter random crossovers, with some success.

SJM