L.A.S.E.R. C.U.L.T
Safety Rules
Limit Laboratory
Access
Entry to the lab, including the
classroom, is permitted only to those students who are currently enrolled in
ECEN3813, ECEN3823, or ECEN4813 and have signed a safety agreement.
Access is limited due to
laser and high voltage hazards which are present in the lab.
If you wish to show a friend the lab you are only permitted to do so
during times the TA or instructor is present, or with permission of instructor.
Keep the Lab
Clean
You must leave your workspace clean when you leave the laboratory.
If you are leaving a temporary mess (< 24 hours) you must put a sign up
stating you have left, and the time you will return.
Penalty
Any offence: Snack Penalty. Buy a snack for everybody in your lab. You must be
willing to eat the snack you buy.
No Horseplay
You will not use any equipment in a manner that it is not intended for, you will
conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times.
Penalty
First offence:
Minimum of 10% of project points deducted for entire team (one letter grade) or
temporary suspension from lab. Second
offence: Suspension from lab and minimum of 50% of project points deducted
for entire team.
Flagrant violations will result in penalties up to and including immediate
expulsion from the course with a grade of "F".
Follow Safe
Practices
You must not do anything to endanger yourself or others in the lab. These
include keeping your laser beam confined at all times, handing chemicals in a
safe manner, not letting cords dangle where others can trip over them.
Penalty
First offence:
warning.
Second offence: two day
suspension of your group from the lab. Third
offence: entire group will receive a zero on the current case study. Flagrant
violations will result in penalties up to and including immediate expulsion from
the course with a grade of "F".
Intentional
Safety Violations
Any
breach of lab safety in an intentional manner which causes the threat of harm to
another person.
Penalty
For any offence you fail course
immediately. Do not pass go. Do not collect a grade (other than F).
Sabotage,
Theft, or Tampering
Any unsanctioned use of some other group's experiment or parts including borrowing equipment without receiving
permission, intentional misalignment of optics, or hiding another groups tools
or parts. Treated like cheating.
Penalty
First offence: entire
group will receive a zero on the current case study.
Second offence: you fail
the course!
Proper Care of Equipment and Supplies
All equipment and supplies use in the are property of OSU.
Your group is
responsible for returning all parts you have checked out in working condition.
You must report any damage or wear of parts. Items are fragile and can be
broken through mishandling or negligence. Loss or negligence will result in the group member's Bursar
accounts being charged full catalog price of all broken items. Do not
check out items until you are aware of the correct handling procedures.
No items can be removed from the storeroom without permission of
instructor or TA.
Penalty
All members group will
be charged to replace broken or lost items.
I certify I have read and understand the above rules and
agree to abide by them. I also
certify I have read the safety
information provided on the course web page and agree to act in a manner to
guarantee my own and others’ safety.
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