Magnet Quench

The quench button is covered and protected by a plastic guard to ensure that it is not engaged by accident. Only level 2 certified users are given the authority to quench the magnet. The magnet is to be quenched only if a person cannot safely leave or be extracted from the magnet room with the magnet energized. Examples of such a situation are pinning by a ferromagnetic item, and a penetrating wound by a ferromagnetic item still lodged in the body.