ALARA: As low as reasonably achievable
ANL.............................................. Argonne National Laboratory
ANL ESH Manual....................... The ANL-East Environment, Safety and Health Manual
APS............................................... Advanced Photon Source
ASME........................................... American Society of Mechanical Engineers
CDC-NIH...................................... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–National Institutes of Health
CFR............................................... Code of Federal Regulations
DOE............................................... U.S. Department of Energy
DOT.............................................. U.S. Department of Transportation
EPA............................................... U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ESH............................................... Argonne National Laboratory’s Environment, Safety and Health Division
ESH-HP......................................... The Health Physics Section of Argonne National Laboratory’s Environment, Safety and Health Division
ESH-IH.......................................... The Industrial Hygiene Section of Argonne National Laboratory’s Environment, Safety and Health Division
ESH-DA........................................ The Dosimetry Analysis Section of Argonne National Laboratory’s Environment, Safety and Health Division
ES&H............................................ Abbreviates “environment, safety and health”
HazCom........................................ Hazard Communication, particularly the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200
LOM.............................................. Laboratory/Office Module
MSDS........................................... Material Safety Data Sheet—A synopsis of safety-related product information required under OSHA’s HazCom rule
NEC............................................... National Electrical Code (NFPA 70)
NFPA............................................ National Fire Protection Association
OSHA........................................... Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor
PPE................................................ Personal protective equipment
RCRA............................................ Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, a law administered by the EPA and various states, including Illinois
SAA.............................................. Satellite Accumulation Area
XFD............................................... The Experimental Facilities Division of the Advanced Photon Source
Principal Investigator................. Any DND-CAT member, Independent Investigator, or other DND-CAT-authorized individual who is designing, building, or performing an experiment at a DND-CAT beamline.
DND-CAT Personnel................. DND-CAT members and all other individuals who work at DND-CAT's Facilities at the APS under DND-CAT auspices.
Visitor........................................... A person who has been invited by DND-CAT personnel to spend time at DND-CAT facilities, but who is not a Principal Investigator.
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Northwestern University, the Dow Chemical Company and the DND Collaborative Access Team (CAT) wish to create and maintain a safe and ecologically sound research environment at the Advanced Photon Source (APS). This document describes DND-CAT’s plans for achieving these objectives by controlling hazards and reducing risks to acceptable levels. Specifically, DND-CAT will:
• Comply with relevant standards and adhere to practices and procedures mandated by the Advanced Photon Source;
• Identify and evaluate the hazards at each stage of beamline development, from beamline construction to operations and decommissioning;
• Incorporate engineered hazard controls into the design of the equipment and facilities DND-CAT uses at the APS;
• Develop procedures that take full advantage of these engineered controls;
• Develop training programs that enable DND-CAT members and visitors to use the engineered and procedural hazard controls effectively in creating a safe work environment; and
• Provide DND-CAT personnel with the support needed to promptly identify and resolve safety issues.
To preserve the effectiveness of the engineered and procedural hazard controls DND-CAT provides, all individuals using DND-CAT’s facilities will:
• Report all physical, chemical, biological, or energy-related hazards anticipated or encountered while using DND-CAT facilities;
• Make proper use of all engineered and procedural hazard controls provided by DND-CAT;
• Properly operate and maintain all sector equipment;
• Adhere to all prescribed work procedures;
• Avoid actions that will increase the risk of injury, illness, or damage to the environment;
• Promptly report evidence that an established hazard control has become ineffective; and
• Observe good housekeeping practices.
DND-CAT reserves the right to suspend the activities or revoke the research privileges of any person within its purview who disregards or attempts to circumvent these requirements.
DND-CAT shall give highest priority to protecting the health and safety of its members, other users of the APS, visitors, ANL personnel, and the general public and shall take all reasonable measures to prevent accidental damage to property and the environment.
It is DND-CAT’s policy that no shielding or personnel safety system installed by the APS or included in an APS-approved configuration shall be modified, removed, or disabled and that no equipment, system, or apparatus shall be operated outside of its designed safety parameters without a formal review by the applicable XFD safety committees and the written approval of the XFD Associate Division Director for Operations.
It is DND-CAT's policy that no person shall be inside a DND-CAT first optics enclosure or experiment station when all the doors to that enclosure/station are closed.
DND-CAT will provide all DND-CAT personnel (i.e., DND-CAT members and all other individuals who work at DND-CAT’s facilities at the APS under DND-CAT auspices) with an introductory safety orientation that will describe this safety program and stress the importance of complying with the environmental, safety, and health policies and practices described in this document and the ES&H documents of the respective DND-CAT member institutions, the XFD and ANL ESH Manuals, and the APS Conduct of Operations Manual. This plan is intended to supplement those documents; however, wherever policies or practices differ among the various documents, DND-CAT will observe the most protective requirements. DND-CAT expects its personnel to inform the DND-CAT Safety Coordinator of hazards not covered by any of the above-mentioned documents.
DND-CAT expects that its members and guests will:
• Complete required safety training before performing any work;
• Plan their work in advance, giving sufficient consideration to hazards and the controls needed to reduce risks to acceptable levels;
• Comply with job-specific safety requirements;
• Comply with protective equipment requirements;
• Remain outside demarcated areas unless both properly protected and authorized to enter; and
• Refuse to perform hazardous work when that work requires individuals to remain out of visual or audio range of other persons for more than a few moments.
The rest of this document has been divided into the following parts:
Chapter 2: Program Administration. Defines how DND-CAT will administer its safety program.
Chapter 3: Hazard Evaluation. Identifies anticipated hazards and defines, in general terms, the steps that DND-CAT will take to control these hazards.
Chapter 4: Safety Guidance, Practices, and Procedures. Describes the procedures (designated "DND-CAT Guidelines") that DND-CAT will use to control hazards.