Official News relating to CERN Safety Rules
The CERN Safety Rules listed below have been published on the official CERN Safety Rules website (see here).
Safety Regulation SR-WS Works and services: this SR-WS (version 1) will cancel and replace the corresponding provisions of Safety Instruction IS50 “Safety Coordination on CERN Worksites”.
- General Safety Instruction GSI-WS-1 Safety coordination for works and services: this GSI-WS-1 (version 1) will cancel and replace the corresponding provisions of Safety Instruction IS39 “Notice of Start of Works (AOC)” and of Safety Instruction IS50 “Safety Coordination on CERN Worksites”
- Specific Safety Instruction SSI-WS-1-1 Safety coordinator for category 1 operations: this SSI-WS-1-4 (version 1) will cancel and replace the corresponding provisions of Safety Instruction IS50 “Safety Coordination on CERN Worksites”.
- Specific Safety Instruction SSI-WS-1-1 Safety coordinator for category 1 operations: this SSI-WS-1-4 (version 1) will cancel and replace the corresponding provisions of Safety Instruction IS50 “Safety Coordination on CERN Worksites”.
In order to limit the impact on the end-of-year technical stop, the Works and Services (WS) Safety Rules listed above shall enter into force as of 1 June 2016. Until this date IS39 and IS50 remain applicable.
- General Safety Instruction GSI-SH-1 v2 Visits on the CERN site: this GSI-SH-1 (version 2) cancels et replaces GSI-OHS1 (version 1).
- General Safety Instruction GSI-SH-2 Lone working: this GSI-SH-2 (version 1) cancels and replaces the corresponding provisions of Safety Code A6 “The two-person rule of working” and Safety Note NS8 "Two-person rule of working”.
- General Safety Instruction GSI-WO-12 Workshop supervisor.
The three General Safety Instructions listed above enter into force as of their publication on the official CERN Safety Rules website, i.e. on 27 November 2015.
These CERN Safety Rules apply to all persons under the Director-General’s authority.
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