Basic rules for the

prevention of accidents
Edition: July 2001

Every employee must be aware of the dangers which may be present during the exercise of his
duties and is obliged to protect himself and others against harm or injury. Sources of danger
must be removed or secured immediately.

In this connection he must be familiar with the relevant provisions of the accident prevention
regulations of the statutory industrial accident insurance institutions as well as the recognized
codes of practice in engineering. In addition, specially drafted work instructions and regulations
apply in the case of special endangerment.

Supervisors are obliged to brief their employees on the dangers which may be present at the
place of work.

Safety representatives will assist in the application of the various regulations. Safety specialists
will also be available to provide information. They will also have all regulations relevant to safety
available for people to consult.

Information: Occupational Safety and Health SRE E UAS Ext.:

22000
https://sre.siemens.com/de/200/uas/index.php

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The following points should be complied with:

Installations and rooms 1. Do not work with or on items of equipment, installations or

machines unless you know how they work and what possible
dangers are involved (including in the event of malfunctions).
The only time intervention in an unfamiliar item of equipment is
permissible is to avert acutely impending danger.

Before using any rigs or other structures you have built

yourself they must be subjected to a safety inspection.

Do not enter or remain in unfamiliar working areas unless you

are accompanied by an employee who is familiar with the
possible dangers and who can if necessary point them out to
you.

Order and tidiness 2. Every employee is obliged to keep all machines, measuring
instruments or items of equipment and also his workplace in a
clean and tidy state. This also applies to office areas.

No other objects may be stored in the area of test rigs. No

tools, packaging material or other objects may be left or stored
on ladders, frameworks, cabinets and the like.

At the end of the working day you must turn off the manual
shut-off valves of all supply lines (gas, compressed air, water,
and so on) in the ducts and/or outside the laboratory.
Compressed gases in the gas cylinders' cabinet must also be
turned off. The existence of automatic shut-off devices does
not relieve the operator of this obligation! The main switches of
electrical equipment must also be switched off unless power
needs to be supplied for continuous tests.

Traffic, escape and 3. Traffic routes and escape and life-saving routes must be kept
life-saving routes clear at all times since they are used by rescue teams, such as
the fire department, for example, as access routes.

Access to fire-extinguishers, main switches, emergency stop

buttons and other safety switchgear must not be impeded or
blocked by objects. Fire protection doors and smoke and fume
protection doors must not be locked.

Liquids on floors must be cleared away without delay on

account of the risk of slipping. In cases where this is not
immediately possible (for example, in the entrance area of the
building during inclement weather) special care is advised
(such as wearing non-slip shoes!).

In working areas which have to be unlocked by employees each

time they enter the room it must be ensured that the necessary
emergency exits can be used at all times.

Ladders Do not use ladders or step-ladders unless they are safe and
have been secured against slipping away from under. Ladders
and step-ladders must be inspected annually.

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Transportation Do not overestimate your own strength when carrying heavy
loads. If necessary, get someone to help or contact the
transport department. Always lift loads from a squatting
position, using the strength of your legs and keeping your back
straight. Only trained personnel are permitted to use cranes or
similar hoisting gear.

Containers which are not shatterproof and which contain

hazardous materials must not be carried over extended
distances, up or down stairs, along corridors and so on unless
they are themselves contained in a shatterproof outer
container (buckets). Hazardous materials may only be
transported by personnel with the relevant training.

Barriers, 4. Hazardous areas must be clearly indicated by means of

warning notices, barriers and signs providing information about the type of
warning lights hazard or recommended action (for example, explosion hazard
or smoking prohibition). Once the danger no longer exists the
signs and barriers must be removed.
The basic colors to be used on the signs are:
- Red for prohibitions, stop!
- Yellow for warnings, hazard, caution!
- Blue for commands, instructions
- Green for escape, first aid
Warning lights must be red.

Protective devices 5. Protective devices on machines must always be in an

on machines operationally reliable condition and must not be removed. They
must be inspected at least once per year. Suitable personal
protective equipment is provided and must be used.
Emergency stop buttons must be located so that they are
readily visible.

Electrical 6. Equipment, plugs, socket-outlets and couplers must not be

equipment used unless they meet VDE regulations and are inspected
regularly.* Electrical equipment and connections may only be
modified or manufactured by trained electricians commissioned
to do so.

Modifications to switchgear installations, for example, laboratory

control panels, wall and bench-mounted distribution boards as
well as electrical installations in control rooms and supply ducts
may only be made via the relevant departments (SRE, SGM).

Storage 7. Hazardous materials, especially those with a potential fire or

- of hazardous explosion risk, must not be kept at work places except in the
substances quantities necessary for the work in hand (daily quantities or
induvidual requirements). The same also applies to waste
materials. Larger quantities of these substances must be kept
in the storage facilities or DIN safety cabinets provided for
them. All containers for chemicals must be provided with a
permanent identification label indicating the contents as
specified in the Hazardous Substances Directive.*)
Laboratory fume cupboards are not to be used for storing
hazardous substances!

*) Section 12 applies to laboratories

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 Containers which are normally intended to be used for food or
drink must not be used for chemicals.

Storage Foods and drinks must not be prepared or kept in chemical or

- of hazardous laboratory containers, nor should they be kept together with
substances chemicals.

- of poisons Toxic and very toxic substances must be kept under lock and
key; working with them is not permitted without suitable
technical training and/or requires the approval of the
supervisor
If the toxic substance stays accessible in work or test facilities,
any unsupervised rooms must be locked.

- of compressed and Cylinders of compressed gas must not be left in corridors,

liquid gases stairways, entrances or in the vicinity of flammable liquids.
Anyone ordering fresh cylinders must agree on an exact
delivery time with the supplier so as to ensure the cylinders are
handed over properly. Cylinders must be secured against
falling over and protected against heat. The prohibition of
storing them together with other hazardous substances must be
observed. Gas cylinders not required immediately must be
removed (to the storage facility). The cover cap must be
replaced before the cylinder is transported.

If compressed gas cylinders are required continuously, DIN gas

cylinder cabinets must be provided. The laboratories must be
labelled with the warning notice ‘Warning - gas cylinders’.

Gas cylinders with flammable liquid gases must not be kept in

rooms below ground level. Care should be taken that they
cannot get there from higher locations either.

Waste 8. Waste from hazardous or environmentally harmful substances

must always be kept in labelled containers for the company's
hazardous waste disposal facility (see waste and recyclable
substances guidelines).

The utmost care should be taken to collect spilt mercury which

should be disposed of as hazardous waste. It should not get
into sink waste pipes nor into normal rubbish bins. If required,
contact the factory fire department for its removal.
Oily cleaning rags should be collected separately in closed
metal containers (due to the fire risk!).

Working with 9. Work which could involve the occurrence of gases, vapors,
hazardous substances fumes or suspended solids in dangerous concentrations or
quantities must always be carried out in the fume cupboard.
During such operations, the front panels must be kept closed. If
this is not possible, care should be taken that adequate
ventilation is provided. It should be noted that many cleaning
and degreasing agents (solvents) may have effects which are
hazardous to the health. Attention is drawn to the advisability of
medical check-ups, which is in many cases a compulsory
requirement. Protective gloves must be resistant to the
chemicals to be used (resistance table).

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 Safety goggles must always be worn in the chemical laboratory.
When working with corrosive chemicals or liquified gases, you
must always wear suitable eye protection as well as hand and
head protection.

Working with Work involving highly flammable or toxic gases must be carried
hazardous substances out in rooms fitted with gas warning equipment provided for this
purpose.

Suitable protective clothing (no open shoes!) corresponding to

the work actually being carried out in the laboratory must be
worn.

General 10. In the event of there being a potential hazard which is

protective measures considerably higher than is normally found in the working
areas, either a second person must be present or monitoring
by a visual link, surveillance patrols, a signalling system or an
automatic personnel monitoring device must be in place.

Working outside 11. If laboratory or workshop work is carried out outside normal
working hours (6.30 am - 7.30 pm), at least 2 people must be
present for reasons of safety (this does not apply to desk
work). How this is actually done must always be cleared with the
supervisor.

working hours
Laboratories 12. Laboratory work cannot be carried out without a certain degree
of personal responsibility. Nevertheless accident prevention
regulations and statutory directives still apply. In this
connection the statutory industrial accident insurance
institutions have issued guidelines which in summarized form
deal with occupational safety and health in laboratories. The
relevant guidelines must be directly accessible and familiar to
the laboratory personnel.

The code of practice entitled ‘Electrical testing and inspection

equipment’ applies to electrical laboratories. This code of
practice also applies analogously in other laboratories where
tests are carried out which use electrical circuitry set up for the
purposes of such tests. In laboratories where hazardous
substances are used, TRGS 526 will apply. Eating and drinking
at laboratory benches or fume cupboards is not permitted. If
work involves extremely toxic, carcinogenic, teratogenic or
mutagenic substances, then foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco
and the like must not be brought in.

If work is being carried out under the supervision of trained

chemists, containers for individual requirements need only be
labelled with the designation of the contents and the danger
symbol. Containers actually being used in the operation only
need the contents label.

Continuous tests 13. Continuous tests must be conducted and labelled in such a way
that in accordance with careful and informed judgement any
endangerment is excluded, even outside normal working hours,
and that in an emergency the tests can be shut down with no
risk involved. Regulations relating to continuous testing must
be observed (see supplementary sheet).

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Notification or 14. Putting into use or sometimes even assembling certain
approval required equipment requires approval or is notifiable. For this reason
the safety specialist and the environmental protection
representative should be brought in as early as the planning
stage.
This requirement covers:
- Hearths or other fires
- Equipment generating harmful substances or noise
- Transmitters
- X-ray apparatus
- Lasers
- Storage of flammable liquids

In addition, working with

- Radioactive materials
- Carcinogenic and mutagenic substances
- Explosives
is notifiable and requires approval.

Welding, soldering and disk grinding as well as other work

involving open fire outside the work areas intended for this
must be notified in writing to the factory fire department before
such work commences.

Setting up relatively large-scale apparatus or test rigs which

are to be cooled with water must be notified to SGM (with a
continuous testing notification slip).

Correction of 15. Anyone who discovers damage to or a fault in any devices or

faults equipment or who notices incorrect operation on the part of
another employee which might result in an accident must
ensure the problem is resolved without delay. If he is not
himself technically qualified to intervene he is nevertheless
obliged to notify his supervisor, the safety representative or the
safety specialist.

Faults and safety defects attributable to the infrastructure must

also be reported under ext. 181.

Outsiders 16. Persons from outside the operational or working area must be
briefed in the local risks and hazards and also regarding the
protective measures necessary.

Before any assembly, installation or conversion work is

commenced, steps should be taken to clarify the possibility of
mutual endangerment. If necessary a coordinator with authority
to give orders must be appointed.

Fire protection, 17. Every supervisor is obliged to ensure that an adequate number
first aid, of employees has been trained in the use of fire extinguishers
emergency call and in first aid.

Every employee must be familiar with the relevant emergency

measures applicable at his location and must know where the
fire extinguishers and other safety equipment are located.

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Fire protection, This includes:
first aid,
Fire extinguishers, fire alarm boxes and fire detectors, fire
emergency call
blankets and first aid cabinets, main switches and shut-off
valves
Emergency call: 999
22 222

An emergency call should include:

Where did it happen (building / room)?
What happened ?
How many injured ?
What kind of injuries are involved ?
Waiting for checkback questions

If at all possible wait at the building entrance for the arrival of

the fire department and doctor!

All operational and en-route accidents as well as explosions or fires must be reported as soon as
possible to your supervisor and to the safety specialist.

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Supplementary sheet to Edition: July 2001
‘Basic rules for the prevention of accidents’

Regulations for continuous testing at the Erlangen Research Center

At the end of the working day all units consuming electrical power must always be switched off, plugs
pulled if no switches are fitted, gas taps should be switched off, and so on.

If this is not possible, then the unit is deemed to be: a continuous test / continuous operation unit

This therefore makes the following necessary:

1. Personal protection 2. Protection against hazards 3. Safeguarding of the

testing procedure

For example, fire, escapes of gas,

water leaks, failure of ventilation or
cooling, and so on.

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Action Action Action

Full protection Automatic signalling Automated test sequence

Items of equipment closed, to safety control center
with clear display of for example (ionization smoke
operating states (indicator detectors)
lights, possibly also
operating noise)

or or or

Area marked off with danger Intrinsic safety, for example, self- Shift service monitoring
signs, emergency shut- extinguishing intrinsically safe
down switches labelled, and installation, self-switch-off (water,
red warning light power, temperature, etc.)

or

Shift service monitoring

To enable details of testing and the address of the person conducting testing to be ascertained rapidly in
the event of an emergency, a continuous testing notification must be sent to SGM even for continuous
operation tests not being monitored by Technical Services. Exceptions to this rule are minor installations
with low power levels (for example, battery chargers, measuring instruments and so on).

Technical Services are located in Building 53 in the 'Technische Leitwarte' (Technical Control Center) and
can be reached at ext.: 32800.

If hazardous substances are being used you must specify their type and what possible hazard could be
involved when filling out the continuous testing notification (see „D“ like “Dauerversuchsmeldung” on
https://sre.siemens.com/de/200/uas/as/AS_abisZ/AS_abisZ.php). Operating instructions must be available.

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