Chemical Hazards – Safety campaign in PH Department

This is a reminder of the ongoing safety campaign in PH Department concerning the chemical hazards. The 4th of November has now passed so if you do have chemical products, and intend to keep them, then you should have made contact with Jonathan Gulley of HSE to check what needs to be done in terms of compliance with HSE rules.

You are encouraged to have chemical products removed and disposed of when they are no longer needed. The CERN Internal transport service is to be used when products are to be removed. An Internal transport/ handling request can be made in EDH. Under Line items there is a 'Line item Editor' that indicates 'Dangers'. From the list you should indicate if it is either a chemical or radioactive material.

PH Department safety officers are in the process of visiting the PH premises to check on the location and use of chemical products so please cooperate with them.

Thank you for your attention.

Mark Hatch DSO PH Department

Chemical Hazards – Safety campaign in PH Department

In 2013 the PH Department safety office continues its campaign on hazardous chemical agents.

CERN’s Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental Protection Unit (HSE) determine the minimum requirements for the protection of persons relating to the risks of hazardous chemical agents. HSE has a comprehensive set of CERN safety rules and related documents that can be accessed from their web page:

https://espace.cern.ch/Safety-Rules-Regulations/en/rules/byDomain/Pages/chemical.aspx

If your activity involves the use and/or storage of chemicals then you are asked to contact Jonathan Gulley of HSE in order to check that you are working within the HSE rules. If you are not in compliance then you will be asked to do what is necessary in order to become compliant within a certain deadline.

The PH safety office will be working in close collaboration with HSE in order to offer help and assistance to people seeking compliance with the HSE rules. We have already started to visit PH premises in order to see where and what types of chemical products exist.

If you have chemical agents that you no longer need then you are asked to have them removed and disposed of – the PH safety office can help you with this.

Please note that from the 4^th November we will ask for chemical agents to be removed and disposed of where there is no evidence of any effort being made to comply with the HSE rules.

Thank you for your help and cooperation with this ongoing campaign to improve the level of safety relating to hazardous chemical agents.