Prototyping Lab Policies

• All users and visitors to the lab must sign in and out.
• No one will operate any equipment without approval of lab staff.
• No one will operate any piece of equipment without successfully completing identified training, or demonstrating equivalent expertise to lab staff.
• All lab users must sign an agreement to obey lab rules before use of the lab is granted. Signing this agreement will be a concluding action in any training program.
• Staff must be present before certain designated equipment can be used.
• Electrical power to designated equipment will be shut off when responsible staff are not in attendance.
• There must be at least two people present before any lab equipment may be used.
• Welding will be done with permission only.
• Rules for safety, neatness, and cleanliness will be posted and must be obeyed by all persons in the lab.
• Persons who do not follow posted rules and safety requirements will be given one formal warning; subsequent transgressions will result in loss of all lab privileges until adequate assurances of future compliance are given to the Segal Design Institute Associate Director, Infrastructure for Design.
• The Segal Design Institute Associate Director, Infrastructure for Design, will be the interpreter of these rules and of what constitutes compliance with them.
• A formal protocol will be followed in response to any accident in the lab. If an injury requires the attention of a medical professional or conveyance to an emergency facility or hospital, the injured party must be escorted, if at all possible by a lab staff person. In such an instance, notification as soon as practical must be made to the injured person’s designated family member or equivalent; to the Segal Design Institute Associate Director, Infrastructure for Design; and, if a student or faculty member, to the appropriate department chairperson.