Safety Regulations (SR)

  • SR-S

    Smoking at CERN

    This Safety Regulation bans smoking in all enclosed or covered spaces on CERN premises as well as in all CERN vehicles. The prescriptions enforced by this Safety Regulation shall apply to all persons present on the CERN site.

General Safety Instruction (GSI)

  • GSI-SH-1

    Visits on the CERN site

    The purpose of this General Safety Instruction is to define the minimum Safety requirements for all types of visits on the CERN site.

  • GSI-SH-2

    Lone working

    The purpose of this General Safety Instruction is to define the minimum Safety requirements for lone working.

  • GSI-SH-4

    Protection of workers against Noise

    This General Safety Instruction defines the obligations regarding the protection of Workers against the risk that results or may result from exposure to Noise.

  • GSI-SH-5

    Personal Protective Equipment

    The purpose of this General Safety Instruction is to define the minimum requirements regarding the selection, provision, use and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at CERN.

Safety Instructions (IS)

  • IS 4 Rev.

    Safety inspections (2006)

    Definition of responsibilities and organizational aspects concerning safety inspections, with emphasis for buildings.

Safety Codes

  • A3

    Safety colours and safety signs (1992)

    This code defines for CERN the standard safety colours and safety signs (European or specific to CERN) to give information on existing risks or dangers and to indicate an interdiction, a warning, a mandatory action, an emergency escape, or the location and identification of first-aid and fire-fighting equipment. It is based on the EEC Directive 91/C53/06.

Safety Guidelines

  • Entry permit for work in a confined space

  • SG-OHS-0-0-1

    Risk assessment

    The purpose of this Safety Guideline is to aid in the implementation of the risk assessment process laid down in the framework of the Safety Regulation SR-OHS - Occupational Health and Safety.

  • SG-OHS-1-0-1

    15 Key questions to ensure the safe running of your event

  • SG-SH-0-0-1

    29 Key questions to ensure that safety aspects are integrated into invitations to tender

    This Safety Guide is a help for tender writers. It makes it possible to integrate aspects related to safety into the tender documents.
    This guide is based on a summary of the responses provided by the HSE unit when verifying over 800 tenders.
    The application of this guide does not relieve the writer from contacting HSE specialists as early as possible in the writing process and sending calls or requests for offers to the HSE unit.
    This Safety Guide cancels and replaces the Safety Guide GS-0-0-1 

  • SG-SH-0-0-2

    Safety Signs

  • SG-SH-1-0-1

    Guideline for the implementation of Safety Rule GSI-SH-1 "Visits on the CERN site"

    This Safety Guideline is intended to assist with understanding and applying General Safety Instruction GSI-SH-1 "Visits on the CERN site", version 2. This guideline is partly based on comments, questions and remarks gathered during the consultation phase of the Safety Rules drafting process.

  • SG-SH-2-0-1

    Guide for the implementation of GSI-SH-2 - Lone working

    This Safety Guide is an aid to the understanding and application of General Safety Instruction GSI-SH-2 - Isolated Work, version 1.
    This guide is based in part on the comments, questions and comments gathered during the consultation phase as part of the GSI-SH-2 General Safety Instruction - Isolated Work, or following its publication .

  • SG-SH-4-0-1

    Noise at the workplace

    This Safety Guideline provides guidance as to the implementation of Safety Rule GSI-SH-4 “Protection of Workers against Noise” in particular with regard to the evaluation of the Noise exposure risk of Workers and Noise control.

Safety Forms (SF)

  • Disabling of level 3 alarm

    Please refer to IMPACT.

  • OHS-0-0-3

    Identification of occupational risks

  • SF-OHS-0-0-1 et 0-0-2

    Risk assessment

    The purpose of these Safety Forms is to aid in the implementation of the risk assessment process laid down in the framework of the Safety Regulation SR-OHS - Occupational Health and Safety.

  • SF-SH-0-0-8

    Event

    This Safety Form is to be completed by the organiser of an event to inform the HSE Unit and provide the data needed for defining security requirements.

    When necessary safety inspections (general, electrical, structural, etc.) will take place before the start of the event.

    To help you in organising your event, the Safety Guide "15 key issues to address the safety aspect of your event" is available on the official website of safety rules (https://edms.cern.ch/document/1274277/4).

  • SF-SH-1-0-1

    Request of official guided visit

    This Security Form SF-SH-1-0-1 "Official Guided Tour Request" is a tool to assist in the implementation of General Safety Instruction GSI-SH-1 "Visits to the field of CERN "for any official guided tour for which there is no Safety Visit file.
    This Safety Form is for the relevant partners; it will be adapted according to the possible evolution of the tour circuit.

  • SF-SH-4-0-1

    Estimate the Daily Exposure Level to noise

    This Safety Form applies a methodology to estimate the Daily Exposure Level of a person to Noise.

Other documents of interest

  • French and Swiss regulations concerning the lighting at workplaces

    The present document provides the obligations and recommandations defined in French and Swiss regulations concerning the lighting at workplaces.
    This document is for CERN internal use only.

  • Summary of the requirements (obligations and recommandations) of the French and Swiss regulations concerning the sanitary installations

    The present document provides the obligations and recommandations defined in the French and Swiss regulations concerning the sanitary installations at the workplaces. The sanitary installations to be put in place on worksites are not treated in this document.
    This document is for CERN internal use only.

  • French and Swiss regulations concerning the accessibility for persons with reduced mobility

    The present document provides the obligations and recommandations defined in French and Swiss regulations concerning the accessibility for persons with reduced mobility. 
    This document is for CERN internal use only.

  • Noise footprint reduction policy and implementation strategy

    This document describes CERN's policy on Noise footprint reduction and implementation strategy.

    All files on EDMS

  • Memorandum on CERN's noise emissions to the environment (DG)

    This memorandum replaces the memorandum DG/2017-290 'abolition partielle du code de sécurité A8', it being understood that Safety Code A8 is abolished.

Safety procedures