SAFETY GUIDE FOR EXPERIMENTS - Canfranc-Estación HUESCA (ESPAÑA) - Version V.0 (Rev. 4)

Sep 12, 2026

Safety guide for conducting experiments at Canfranc-Estación, Huesca (España), defining governance and responsibilities across the experiment collaboration, prevention and protection service, technical division, and the GLIMOS safety group leader. Specifies duties and required safety documents, contact lists, and the work-permit process. Details safety measures and their purpose, including preparation steps, approvals, cost considerations, laboratory readiness, and risk-relevant topics for safety discussions across detectors, engineering, hazards, and radiation protection.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryGeneral

FormatPDF

Pages71

Reading Time25 min

AccessFree to download

Safety organisation for experiments

The experiment collaboration

Prevention and protection service

Technical division

The group leader in matters of safety (GLIMOS)

Responsibilities

Prevention and protection service (PPS) duties

Laboratories safety documents

The contacts list

The work permit

Safety measures for experiments

General considerations on the safety for experiments

Purpose of safety measures

Preparation phase of an experiment

Letters of intent and preparation of proposal

Approval of an experiment

Safety measures costs

GLIMOS election

Assembly area

Gases, liquids, cryogenic liquids

Electrical systems

Lifting and handling

Vacuum and pressure tank and components

Use of radiation sources

Other dangers

Topics for a safety discussion

General considerations

Detector

Mechanical engineering

Gases, fluids and toxic materials

Electrical safety

Radiations (radiation schedule)

Protection of the experimental areas

Hazard analysis

Experiment assembling phase

Safety progress meetings

Inspections

SAFETY GUIDE FOR EXPERIMENTS Situation: Canfranc-Estación, HUESCA (ESPAÑA) Date: September 2.015 Version: V.0 (Rev. 4) Index 1 SAFETY ORGANISATION FOR EXPERIMENTS ............................................................................................................. 7 1.1 THE EXPERIMENT COLLABORATION .................................................................................................................. 7 1.2 PREVENTION AND PROTECTION SERVICE ......................................................................................................... 7 1.3 TECHNICAL DIVISION ............................................................................................................................................. 7 1.4 THE GROUP LEADER IN MATTERS OF SAFETY (GLIMOS) .............................................................................. 7 1.5 RESPONSIBILITIES .................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.6 PREVENTION AND PROTECTION SERVICE (PPS) DUTIES................................................................................ 7 1.7 LABORATORIES SAFETY DOCUMENTS............................................................................................................... 8 1.8 THE CONTACTS LIST................................................................................................................................................ 8 1.9 THE WORK PERMIT .................................................................................................................................................. 8 2 SAFETY MEASURES FOR EXPERIMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 9 2.1 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE SAFETY FOR EXPERIMENTS ............................................................ 9 2.2 PURPOSE OF SAFETY MEASURES ......................................................................................................................... 9 3 PREPARATION PHASE OF AN EXPERIMENT .............................................................................................................. 10 3.1 LETTERS OF INTENT AND PREPARATION OF PROPOSAL ............................................................................. 10 3.2 APPROVAL OF AN EXPERIMENT ......................................................................................................................... 10 3.3 SAFETY MEASURES COSTS .................................................................................................................................. 11 3.4 GLIMOS ELECTION ................................................................................................................................................. 11 3.5 ASSEMBLY AREA.................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.6 GASES, LIQUIDS, CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS ............................................................................................................ 12 3.6.1 OTHER CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES ................................................................................................................... 12 3.7 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ......................................................................................................................................... 12 3.8 LIFTING AND HANDLING...................................................................................................................................... 13 3.9 VACUUM AND PRESSURE TANK AND COMPONENTS ................................................................................... 13 3.10 USE OF RADIATION SOURCES ............................................................................................................................. 13

FAQs

What roles and responsibilities are defined in the safety organisation?

The guide assigns responsibilities across the experiment collaboration, prevention and protection service, technical division, and the GLIMOS group leader for safety matters, including PPS duties and required laboratory safety documentation.

How does the document structure the preparation phase of an experiment?

It covers letters of intent and proposal preparation, approval of the experiment, safety-measure cost planning, GLIMOS election, assembly area readiness, and controls for gases, liquids, cryogenics, electrical systems, lifting/handling, vacuum/pressure components, radiation sources, and other hazards.

What topics are covered for safety discussions during experiments?

Safety discussions address general considerations and then key technical areas such as detector-related risks, mechanical engineering hazards, gases/fluids/toxic materials, electrical safety, radiation schedule and protections, protection of experimental areas, and hazard analysis.

Sep 12, 2026

Upload by Alex Sinclair