safety

The holiday season is a time for family, friends and celebrating. However, it’s also a time when safety risks can increase. Here are five tips to follow to help ensure your safety this holiday season.

As previously communicated in the January 2022 News at Work article, site security is a responsibility we all share to help keep the people, science and facilities of Fermilab safe. In accordance with the DOE-approved Site Security Plan and recently updated Fermilab Access Policy & Procedure, you are required to display your site access credentials (Fermi ID Badge or Fermilab Access Sticker) while on site at all times and remove your site access credential when off site. The security team routinely…

With the recent drop in temperature and our first real snowfall of the season now behind us, here are some tips to stay safe: Please take care when walking to and from your car in the parking lots. FESS Roads and Grounds crews clear more than 85 parking lots across the Fermilab site, but it can be especially difficult to keep the areas between cars clear, especially when snow falls in the middle of a workday. Be especially careful when…

Check, check

On Sept. 29, a Fermilab fire truck parked as the firefighter checks a hydrant.

The Feynman Computing Center Generator is an internal combustion engine that FCC uses for back up power. It emits criteria pollutants, such as carbon monoxide, sulfur oxide, nitric oxide and particulate matter. Photo: Teri Dykhuis

Fermilab is responsible for tracking and monitoring existing and potential emissions into the air to ensure that the site remains a low emitter of criteria and hazardous air pollutants. Any new sources, or changes to existing sources, should always be communicated to the Environmental Protection Department for potential tracking.

The IMPACT database is the labwide solution for creating and obtaining approvals for all hazard analysis starting Jan. 1, 2021. REMINDER: Filemaker Pro, and the FNAL Hazard Analysis Database will be turned off for creation of new hazard analysis. Hazard Analysis forms from these systems will only be available as read-only after Jan. 1 and therefore will not be valid documents for performing work as information will not be able to be changed to coincide with current work conditions. Work…