Safety Concept for a Photon Science beamline experiment

Your safety concept (upload as max. 6 pages pdf in DOOR/declaration of substances) is a part of our DESY Photon Science risk assessment for your experiment at the beamline. It helps us to identify risks and to define safety measures for a safe and successful experiment. Please contact us on photon-science.safety-managers@desy.de for further questions. If you registered radioactive samples, please use the specific template you find here. The safety concept should at least cover the following:

Description of your experimental setup

Please describe and illustrate the experimental setup you are going to bring for use at the respective beamline, e.g. a gas dosing system, furnace, liquid jet setup, pressure cell, high voltage, beryllium windows, magnets and the sample handling.

In case of introducing self-made setup, please provide a detailed description and a drawing/photo. Please also state if this equipment has been used at this beamline before. All mentioned hazardous devices have to be declared in the “List of hazardous equipment” as well.

All equipment and installations used at DESY must meet the effective DESY requirements and European standards which are valid for Germany. Portable electrical equipment must be labelled using a sticker indicating that the testing has been carried out by your institution and that it is still valid. Illustrations such as drawings, schemes or photos are welcome.

Risk assessments of the work with registered substances, sample environment, equipment, activities and transport.

Please indicate the risks that can appear during the work with the registered substances, sample environment, activities and used equipment at the beamline and how to act in case of unforeseen events. This could be a broken capillary, the risk of suffocation due to oxygen displacement, hot surfaces due to heating, electrical shock, handling heavy loads (e.g. crane operation done by DESY group), use of SHV connectors, use of PPE etc. The risks during the transport from the chemistry laboratory to the beamline and back should be considered as well. Indicate explicitly what kind of precautions should be taken to avoid/minimize the listed risks. Describe the needed personal protective equipment.

Please consider the substitution of dangerous compounds and the reduction of the total amount of used chemicals whenever possible. Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR) substances class 1A and 1B must be handled in a closed system in accordance with the Hazardous Substances Ordinance. Please prepare samples at home and avoid handling them on-site. If this is not possible, ensure that only experienced personnel handle these substances, that exposure time to the substance is minimized and that the concentration used is below the OEL (Occupational Exposure Limit).

We have different safety installations in place and may provide additional safety measures.

Disposal

Please describe here, what type of waste and which amount will be produced during your activities in the lab and at the beamline. Please specify as well the waste management and if you intend to take the used samples and the remains of substances back home.