====== Health and Safety ====== ===== General Health ===== As part of RWTH Aachen University, MCh encourages all staff members to keep general track on health. RWTH offers a braod range of University Sports, where every staff member may take part. Traditionally, staff members of MCh play football once a week, mostly on Fridays (see MCh Sports). On the target for reducing the annual impact on flue-like diseases on MCh staff we installed hand desinfection spenders in the rest rooms. We strongly recommend to use these regularly. ===== Security ===== At RWTH Aachen security is maintained by the RWTH Security Guards located in the main building. The RWTH Guards are checking buidlings by night and are available 24/7. The automatic main building doors are open from 8:00 to 17:00, generally. Outside this time you will need a key to enter the building. The automatic floor doors on the 2nd and 3rd floor are activated in the morning around 7:00 and are deactivated in the afternoon, generally around 16:30. **In case of emergency please call 113.** The following persons are responsible for security issues at MCh (//last update: May 2024//): * Dr.-Ing. Simon Münstermann, Security Officer * Markus Momma, General Security Inspector * Bernd Conrad, Electrics, Laser and Radiation Inspector All MCh security officers are regularly trained in First Aid. ===== Safety ===== Work safety is essential for MCh since we are a research institute where experimental setups are continuously modified and a number of potentially hazardous materials are used in the labs. As already stated, **new personnel** (disregarding whether it is a HiWi, Ph. D., or a new workshop worker) **cannot start working in the MCh laboratories prior to receiving the safety instructions** fully covering their intended field of work. Please make appointments with the following persons (//last updated: May 2024//): ^Safety ^Required for ^Responsible person ^ | General | work at MCh | Markus Momma, head of vacuum technology | | Lab/electric | | Bernd Conrad, control engineering | | Radiation | work with XRD etc. | Bernd Conrad, control engineering | | Laser | work with MOS etc. | Bernd Conrad, control engineering | | Chemical | work in labs | Clio Azina, group leader of Nanostructures and Complex Materials | Safety data sheets (SDS) for compounds used within MCh (both laboratories, and workshop) can be found on our internal server (//currently "under construction", May 2024//): K:\Organization\General organization data\Working Safety\Chemicals_and_storage\safety data sheets\ Most of SDS are only in German; therefore, do not hesitate to ask for help if you do not understand something! If you find there is an SDS missing, contact people responsible for handling chemicals and/or chemical safety instructions - see persons responsible for [[mchadmin:responsibilitysafety|chemical safety]] or [[mchadmin:responsibilityother|chemical laboratory]] - to discuss further steps. ===== Sicherheitsdatenblätter GASE ===== C2H2 --- Acetylen:{{ :wiki:sd_acetylen2013_0903_westfalen.pdf |Acetylen}}\\ Ar --- Argon: {{ :wiki:sd_argon_2013_0531_westfalen.pdf |Argon}}\\ He --- Helium: {{ :wiki:sd_helium_2013_0903_westfalen.pdf |Helium}}\\ Kr --- Krypton: {{ :wiki:sd_krypton_2015_0401_westfalen.pdf |Krypton}}\\ C3H8 --- Propan: {{ :wiki:sd_propan_2013_0409_westfalen.pdf |Propan}}\\ Corgon 18 (WIG-Schweißen): {{ :wiki:sd_sagox_2014_1009_westfalen.pdf |Sagox}}\\ O2 --- Sauerstoff: {{ :wiki:sd_sauerstoff_2013_0830_westfalen.pdf |Sauerstoff}}\\ N --- Stickstoff: {{ :wiki:sd_stickstoff_5.0_2015_0323_westfalen.pdf |Stickstoff}}\\ Synthetische Luft: {{ :wiki:sd_synthetische_luft_2015_0527_westfalen.pdf |Synthetische Luft}}\\ H2 --- Wasserstoff: {{ :wiki:sd_wasserstoff_2013_0904_westfalen.pdf |Wasserstoff}}\\ \\ Stickstoff **tiefkalt**: {{ :wiki:sd_stickstoff_tiefkalt_2012_1113_westfalen.pdf |Flüssige Luft}}\\