Safety Guidelines

Our wish is to make your stay at PSI as safe as possible. Nevertheless it is your responsibility to follow the general safety instructions to protect yourself and others. You will find all necessary regulations and instructions there.

Safety training course

Please complete the safety training course either online or at the latest upon arrival at PSI. Badges and dosimeter will only be issued after performing this course.

Safety sheets

Please download the PSI West safety sheet form here either as pdf or MS word version!

Safety instructions
relevant for users of the PSI facilities

To the main proposers (first authors) of PSI user facilities research proposals:

PSI requires that you and your coworkers comply with all the institute's safety rules and regulations while working on the premises. You must formally agree to this by checking the box on the proposal web form. It is your responsibility to ensure that all the members of your team who will work on the experiment have read and understood these safety regulations. You can do so by sending them to this web link: http://www.psi.ch/useroffice/safety-at-psi

The most important regulations can be found in the table below:

Name of PSI regulation	PSI number	PDF version
Safety, Health Protection and Environmental Protection at PSI	AW-01-07-02e, Rev. 3	English	German
General Instructions for Radiation Protection at PSI	AW-23-96-13e, Rev. 4	English	German
Activities involving chemicals at PSI	AW-96-08-09e, Rev.1	English	German
Activities involving lasers at PSI	AW-96-08-20e	English	German

Please declare your compliance with PSI regulation by marking the respective box in your proposal!

If you intend to work with other possibly dangerous materials and/or devices (cryogenics, laser, biologicals etc.) you are required to contact the local PSI specialists.