Safety at ESO

Welcome!

Welcome to the website of ESO Safety! These pages are intended to

inform you about the safety situation at ESO, in particular the new ESO Safety Policy (SAF-POL-ESO-00000-0002 issue 1 dated 29.06.2007)
give you information what to do in case of emergency
give contractors information about safety rules for work at ESO
give you the names of the ESO Safety Officers at our various locations in Europe and Chile - they are always at your disposal to discuss matters relating to safety and security and are glad to receive your comments and suggestions
direct you to various safety related documents at ESO and in the WWW

Please note that certain areas of this website which are not of general interest cannot be accessed from outside the ESO network

ESO Safety Site Map

In case of emergency, ESO at IPP, In case of evacuation	News	For Contractors/ für Fremdfirmen in Garching
Paranal: Facts, Emergency procedures	La Silla: Safety	Vitacura: Emergency Manual/ Manual de Emergencias
ESO Safety Organisation	Work at high altitude	Health, Training
ESO Documents and forms	ESO waste management, Saving Energy	Hazardous materials at ESO
Internal information	Machinery and instruments	Links

In Case of Emergency: Don't Panic!

Report the emergency:
Garching: Call 112 from any ESO telephone (no preceeding "zero"!) but do NOT use a mobile phone if possible. If this is unavoidable, call 089-28 91 41 00.
Paranal: Call 5555
La Silla: Call 4444
1. What happened?
2. Where did it happen?
3. Injured persons? How many?
4. Kind of injuries?
5. Who is reporting?
Give First Aid, get help from a First Aider
In case of fire: Leave the building, in Garching go to the relevant ESO Assembly Place.
Try to extinguish the fire without endangering yourself

For details see the ESO Garching Safety Brochure and the list of all safety relevant Garching telephone numbers

As a preventive measure please prepare for an evacuation of the ESO building(s): you find all relevant information (Evacuation Guide, escape routes, assembly place) on a dedicated page.

In case of extremely hot weather: some useful hints

News

Link to the new study on cancer in children living near nuclear reactors on the Health page (11.12.2007)
New set of template documents to support the required documentation for projects according to the new Safety Conformity Assessment Procedure is available

Next meeting of Garching Divisional Safety Officers: May 27, 2008. If you have a topic which you would like to have discussed by the Garching Safety Committee, please bring it to the attention of your Division Safety Officer. Minutes of previous meetings are here .