ISD GIF Form

ISD GIF ++

Building Number

887

Counting Room

B.887/1-R87

The EP Safety Office is available during normal CERN working hours for test beam safety inspections (i.e. Monday to Friday between 8 am – 6 pm)

Note: For EP safety clearance visits in GIF++, there is a block of time each week between 15:00 and 17:00 every Wednesday to speed up the clearance process. Ideally, we will schedule all GIF++ safety clearance visits within this time window.

There may be exceptions when an earlier/later inspection of your setup is required for technical reasons. If your installation in GIF++ will not be available for a safety clearance in the preferred window, please request a date/time when your setup will be complete and we will contact you to confirm the inspection schedule.

Please identify the hazards involved in the experiment and provide further description information on this hazards (ex: Cyogenic fluid, Volumes, Pressures, Voltages…)

Mechanical Safety

Pressure

Contact EP Safety office for evaluation

Vacuum

Contact EP Safety office for evaluation

Lifting Equipment

Using DESY tables or other lifting equipment provided by CERN does not need to be declared here.

Mechanical energy from moving parts

Site installation

General Risks

Working outside normal working hours (Note: Lone working is subject to a safety assessment)

Non-Ionizing Radiation Safety

Electrical Safety 

Cryogenic Safety 

Use of gases

Chemical Safety

 

 

ISD – Initial Safety Declaration

This document shall be completed by the Experiment Safety Contact of an experimental collaboration, whenever it intends to bring new experimental apparatus, new test beams or make major modifications to experimental apparatus already operating at CERN.

The purpose of this document is to provide a summary description of the equipment that is to be brought to CERN and the activities that are to be carried out. This document will then allow the EP Safety Office (EP-SO) to perform an initial safety assessment; i.e. identification of the applicable safety requirements, control measures, etc.

This ISD document will serve as a basis for the safety information on an experiment. Further documentation may be requested to improve the understanding of safety hazards.

  1. Recommendations and procedures will follow after the provision of this document. Note that if the experiment is considered to have major safety implications then the CERN HSE unit will become involved and their safety procedures will then be followed.
  2. A Launch Safety Discussion may be called by the EP-SO. This will take place on site with representatives of the experiment, EP-SO, the HSE Unit and other CERN Departments.
  3. A formal ‘Safety Clearance’ of the experiment must be given prior to the experiment being allowed to start operating (for example to receive beam).

This form must be completed and sent to CERN prior to the arrival of the planned experiment. Work will not be allowed to start until this form, and any requested complementary information on safety hazards, has been completed and handed over as explained above.

Please note that the safety video “Safety for EP Temporary/Small Experiments in East Hall – B.157 and North Area” must be watched to validate this form.