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FEDC Fabrication Safety (Red Badge)

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FEDC Fabrication Safety

Training Description

This class sequence will provide required training for access and use of the FEDC Fabrication and Artisan shops.

Prerequisite(s):

Apply for FEDC Membership

Downloads:

Click here to download the PowerPoint version of Fabrication & Safety Part 1

Fabrication Safety Quiz

Fabrication Safety Quiz: You must score 100% minimum to pass. If you have technical difficulties or issues please email info-fedc@tamu.edu or fedc.staff@gmail.com.

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Question 1.*
What area of the FEDC does the Red Badge allow access to?
- Design Studio
- Fabrication Shop
- Prototyping Center
- Basement storage
Question 2.*
Which of the following statements is true?
- Do not use a file without a handle.
- Do not pry or hammer with a file as it may shatter.
- Do not use screwdrivers as chisels or pry bars.
- All of the above
Question 3*
How may a student wear their Red Badge?
- On a lanyard around their neck
- Clipped to their pants
- Inside a pant pocket
- Attached to their backpack
Question 4*
What PPE and personal attire is required for the Fabrication Center?
- Long pants, Sleeved shirt, closed toe shoes, and safety glasses
- Tank top, shorts, sandals, and safety glasses
- Long pants, sleeved shirt, closed toe shoes, and regular glasses
- All of the above
Question 5*
If you cut yourself in the shop, what should you do?
- Immediately stop work, apply pressure to wound. If cut is shallow wash with warm water and soap, and bandage. If wound is deep, continue to apply pressure and notify Fabrication Shop Manager.
- Staple wound shut, wrap wound with electrical tape, and continue to work
- Ignore wound, continue to work
- Run around , flinging blood everywhere
Question 6*
In the event that someone else gets something embedded in their eye (chip, splinter, broken tool, etc.), what should you do?
- Lay the victim down, place cup over victim’s eye, wrap both eyes with sterile bandage, call 911, and calm the victim until EMS arrive
- Tell them to find an eye wash station while you go back to your work
- Use your fingers to pry the debris out of their eye
- Use tweezers to remove the debris from their eye
Question 7*
How many First Aid kits are in the Fabrication Center?
- 10
- 4
- 0
- 3
Question 8*
The four simple steps for operating a fire extinguisher can be remembered with the word PASS, which stands for Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep.
- True
- False
Question 9*
How many fire extinguishers are located in the Fabrication Center?
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 1
Question 10*
Safety glasses may be removed in the Fabrication Center when the student is not actively working on equipment.
- True
- False
Question 11*
Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
- Students may freely listen to music, make calls, text, or take photos while working on equipment
- Cameras may be used to document work progress, with staff approval
- No electronic player, cell phones, or headphones are permitted in the Fabrication Shop
- B & C
Question 12*
What is the policy for students cleaning up their work areas?
- Students are required to clean up after themselves which includes disposing of materials and debris and returning tools
- Students can leave their mess, the Fabrication Shop staff will take care of it
- Students only need to return tools
- All of the above
Question 13*
Students should never take their hand off the draw bar wrench until the wrench is removed from the draw bar.
- True
- False
Question 14*
What is the correct way to lift heavy fixtures?
- Lift with your back on your own.
- Use the buddy system; get someone to help you.
- Drag fixture across ground to where you need it
- Drop fixture on table and roll it where you need it
Question 15*
Students should always remove the chuck wrench from chuck immediately after using.
- True
- False
Question 16*
You can grab chips and turnings from the lathe and remove them by hand while the machine is operating.
- True
- False
Question 17*
If a student does not know how to perform a lathe operation, whom should they ask for help?
- Another student
- Fabrication Shop Manager
- Fabrication Shop technician
- B and C
Question 18*
What materials cannot be cut on the Saw Stop table saw?
- Wood
- Plastics
- Metals or conductive materials
- All of the above
Question 19*
What should be used to feed material into the saw for small cuts?
- Fingers
- Plastic or wood push stick
- Metal rod
- A and C
Question 20*
You do not have to wear safety glasses when operating the chop saw.
- True
- False
Question 21*
How many pieces of wood can you cross cut at a time on the chop saw?
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
Question 22*
When can scrap wood be removed from the chop saw?
- Anytime
- Only when saw is on
- Only when saw is off and blade has come to complete stop
- When saw is on, push scrap with another piece of wood
Question 23*
You should never put your fingers close to the band saw blade while the machine is running.
- True
- False
Question 24*
What is appropriate attire for welding and plasma cutting operations?
- Welding hood, leather welding gloves, leather welding coat or heavy duty denim shirt, denim jeans, and leather boots
- Synthetic shirt, pants, tennis shoes, leather gloves, and face shield
- Synthetic shirt, pants, tennis shoes, leather gloves, and face shield
- B and C
Question 25*
Unsafe practice or obvious abuse of equipment constitutes a danger to people and damages equipment. Any person in the Fabrication shop, students included, who observes an unsafe act should stop the unsafe act. Violations will result in revoked privileges, including a possible ban, to be determined by FEDC leadership.
- True
- False

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