Safety Requirements

The Diamond beamlines and Experimental Hall Floor are covered by Local Rules for the Protection of Persons from Ionising Radiations (or Local Rules). These are in place for your safety and well-being and you should be familiar with these rules before coming to Diamond.

If bringing radioactive samples Users should be aware of the procedures for dealing with radioactive samples at Diamond.  There is an Active Materials Laboratory (AMB) for handling low level samples on site covered by a separate Local Rules document.  If you require more information, please contact Fred Mosselmans or Steve Parry.

Any electrical equipment brought to Diamond must first have been Portable Appliance Tested (PAT) at your home establishment and display a valid PAT testing sticker.

Safety glasses

Users can bring their own safety glasses to Diamond. The glasses should be compliant with BS EN 166F or better and be in a good state of repair. The glasses need to be inspected by the lab technicians.

 

Safety Codes

Diamond has a number of User Safety Codes, which are brief documents to provide guidance for working with specific hazards. All investigators coming to Diamond should be familiar with the codes relevant to their experiments.

• Code 1 - Nanotechnology
• Code 2 - Liquid Nitrogen
• Code 3 - Pressure Systems
• Code 4 - Sample Transport
• Code 5 - Lasers and UV
• Code 6 - Extremes of Temperature
• Code 7 - High Voltage Equipment
• Code 8 - Magnetic Fields
• Code 9 - Lone Working
• Code 10 - Flow Cells
• Code 11 - Fatigue 

All users are reminded to wear appropriate clothing and footwear on the Experimental Hall Floor and that smoking is not permitted in, or within 5m of, any building on site.