APS User Safety Guide:
A reference for work at the APS

ANL/APS/TB-23
October 1995, version 1.0

Contents
Foreword
Note on Position Titles

Protecting Yourself and Others

2.1	Personal Protective Equipment
2.2	Construction Areas
2.3	Work Area Barricades and Warnings
2.4	Working Alone
2.5	Working in First Optics Enclosures and Experiment Stations
2.6	Configuration Changes
2.7	Housekeeping
2.8	Ladders
2.9	Lockout/Tagout Procedures
2.10	Cords and Cables
2.11	Compressed Gases
2.12	Visitor Safety

3.1	Hot Work Permit (Electrical)
3.2	Open-Flame and Spark-Producing Operations Permit
3.3	Radiation Work Permit

5.1	General Precautions
5.2	Utility Distribution
5.3	De-energizing Electrical Equipment
5.4	Working on Electrically Energized Circuits

Material Handling Guidelines

6.1	Cranes and Forklifts
6.2	Obtaining Hoisting and Rigging Authorization

Safe Management of Hazardous Materials

7.1	Transporting Hazardous Materials
7.2	Handling Hazardous Materials
7.3	Managing Hazardous Waste

Radiation Safety

8.1	Shielding and Personnel Safety Systems
8.2	Personal Dosimetry
8.3	Radioactive Materials
8.4	Analytical X-ray Generator Operations

Directory

	Safety Personnel
	Health Physics Personnel
	APS User Office
	Acronyms
	In Any Emergency - Dial 911
	Important Phone Numbers
	NFPA 704 Labeling System for Chemicals

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