Safety

People working for the LST project in La Palma MUST read the following safety instructions before travelling to La Palma:

Basic Safety Document.
Appendix 1: Safety tour check list.
Appendix 2: Safety Brochure for Visitors and External Companies (in Spanish).
Appendix 3: Incident register form.
Appendix 6: COVID-19 Action Plan.
Appendix 7: Foreign Worker Displacement Registration Form.

There is a Safety Contact Person (SCP) at each member institution of the LST. You must interact with the SCP to get access to the LST site, find a list of SCPs in the Basic Safety Document.

Appendix 4 and 5 to the general safety documents are tests for shifters that do not need to be published on this website.

Special Working Procedures (for Maintainers and Experts incl. Commissioning Leaders)

Work Procedure Ground Access.
Work Procedure Telescope Structure (Work at Height).
Work Procedure Camera Access Tower.
Work Procedure Drive Container.
Work Procedure IT container.
Work Procedure Energy Container.
Work Procedure Central Calibration Lasers.
Work Procedure Articulated Boom Lift (Cherry Picker).
Waste Management Plan.

Commissioning Manuals and Documents (for Commissioning Leader and Shifters)

Go to the Operations Website for manuals and other important resources for shifters.

Technical Manuals (for Maintainers and Experts)

Camera Back Scaffold Manual.
Camera Front Scaffold Manual.
Camera Front Door Opening and Closing.
Camera Cover Manipulation Manual.
CBox External Window Cleaning Procedure.
Camera Maintenance Room Work Procedure.
Cherry Picker Manual (English).
Cherry Picker Manual (Spanish).

Risk Assessments (for Safety Contact Persons)

Risk assessment of LST site by Quiron (in Spanish, Dec 2022, updated area Jul 2023).
Risk assessment of Mirca hall by Quiron (in Spanish, Dec 2022).
Risk prevention plan of LST site by Quiron (in Spanish, Sep 2019).
Risk prevention plan of Mirca hall by Quiron (in Spanish, Sep 2019).
Risk assessment of ALS and Camera Back Scaffold by Quiron (in Spanish, Dec 2019).
Risk assessment of Ladder on Camera Tower to remove Camera Cover (in Spanish, Jul 2020).
Risk assessment tables by Quiron (in English, Nov 2018).
Risk assessment of the IT container.
Risk assessment of the energy container.