DSOC Mandate

LEGAL BASIS

In accordance with its intergovernmental status, the Organization establishes and updates Safety Rules to implement its Safety Policy. This General Safety Instruction (GSI-SO-9) forms part of the CERN Safety Rules and is issued pursuant to the Staff Rules and Regulations and the CERN Safety Policy.

MISSION AND SCOPE OF WORK

The DSOC shall support the Department Heads and the Technical Coordinators in ensuring overall consistency with a view to the implementation by the Departments and the Large Experiments of the CERN Safety Policy, the CERN Safety Rules, the CERN Safety Objectives and best practices, as well as continuous improvement of Safety based on lessons learnt.

The DSOC shall in particular:

• exchange information on the implementation by the Departments, including Experiments hosted by them, and the Large Experiments of the CERN Safety Policy, the CERN Safety Rules, the CERN Safety Objectives and best practices, including lessons learnt;
• review reports from Specialised Safety Officers Committees (SSOC);
• identify issues regarding the implementation of the CERN Safety Policy, the CERN Safety Rules, the CERN Safety Objectives and best practices and propose appropriate measures or actions;
• propose improvements to the CERN Safety Policy, the CERN Safety Rules, the CERN Safety Objectives and best practices based on lessons learnt.

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CERN SAFETY RULES AND LAWS

This General Safety Instruction is supplemented by the documents listed below, where they exist:  

• Safety Regulations (SR);
• General Safety Instructions (GSI);
• Specific Safety Instructions (SSI).

In the event of any ambiguity or contradiction between the above-mentioned documents, they shall apply in decreasing order of priority, starting from the top.

REPORTING

The DSOs shall report to their Department Heads on issues raised in the DSOC that affect the implementation of the CERN Safety Policy, the CERN Safety Rules, the CERN Safety Objectives and best practices in their Department and Experiments hosted by them. The DSOs concerned shall monitor the follow-up of these issues and report back to the DSOC.

The LEXGLIMOSes shall report to their Technical Coordinators on issues raised in the DSOC that affect the implementation of the CERN Safety Policy, the CERN Safety Rules, the CERN Safety Objectives and best practices in their Large Experiment. The LEXGLIMOSes concerned shall monitor the follow-up of these issues and report back to the DSOC.

Issues, other than CERN Safety Policy issues, that are recurrent or not resolved at Department, Large Experiment or HSE Unit level, may be reported by the Head of the HSE Unit at management meetings where Directors and Department Heads are both present.

The DSOC Chair shall report to SAPOCO on issues regarding the implementation of the CERN Safety Policy and proposals for improvements to the CERN Safety Policy identified by the DSOC. The Head of the HSE Unit shall take note and take any measures he deems appropriate concerning any issues regarding the implementation of the CERN Safety Rules and proposals for improvements to the CERN Safety Rules identified by the DSOC.

The DSOC Chair shall report annually to the Directors and Department Heads on the activities of the DSOC.

Source: GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTION GSI-SO-9

DSOC Members

The DSOC is chaired by Delphine Létant-Delrieux (TE Department) with Oriol Rios (HSE Department) as scientific secretary and Leo Menzemer (HSE Department) as support scientific secretary.

The membership of the DSOC shall be as follows:

• the Departmental Safety Officers (DSOs and Deputies);
• the Large Experiment Group Leaders in Matters of Safety (LEXGLIMOSes and Deputies);
• representatives appointed by the Staff Association;
• the Head of the HSE Department;
• a representative from each group of the HSE Department, as appropriate.

The DSOC may invite experts to participate in its meetings if it so deems necessary. Upon nomination by the SAPOCO, the Chair of the DSOC shall be appointed by the Director-General for two years, renewable once for another period of at most two years. 

Source: GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTION GSI-SO-9

List of Members

Department	Representative	Role
ATS	Thomas Otto	DSO
BE	Andreas Herty	DSO
	Mouna Nizar	DDSO
	Benedetta Bianchi	ADSO
	Laura Bachiller Matallana	ADSO
DG	Fabrice Malacrida	DSO
	Carine Pividori	DDSO
EN	Julien Mickael Fernandez	DSO
	Kierra Leshaun Grant	ADSO
	Brian Philip Samboo	ADSO
EP	Letizia Di Giulio	DSO
	Marcus Jankowski	DDSO
	Maria Kapousidou	ADSO
	James Devine	ADSO
	Alexandre Acerra Gil	ADSO
	Evelyne Dho	ADSO
	Isabelle Mardirossian	ADSO
FAP	Maria Michalove	DSO
FCC	Beatriz Arias Alonso	DSO
HSE	Fabrice Malacrida	DSO
	Carine Pividori	DDSO
HR	Lieven Vernimmen	DSO
	Anne-Sophie Verbrugghen	DDSO
IPT	Audrey Ballantine	DSO
IT	Pawel Grzywaczewski	DSO
	Arash Khodabandeh	DDSO
OSI	Fabrice Malacrida	DSO
	Carine Pividori	DDSO
PF	Fabrice Malacrida	DSO
	Carine Pividori	DDSO
RCS	Letizia Di Giulio	DSO
	Marcus Jankowski	DDSO
	Maria Kapousidou	ADSO
	James Devine	ADSO
	Alexandre Acerra Gil	ADSO
	Evelyne Dho	ADSO
	Isabelle Mardirossian	ADSO
SCE	Sara Hansen	DSO
	Cécile Pinto	DDSO
SO	Fabrice Malacrida	DSO
	Carine Pividori	DDSO
SY	Anne Funken	DSO
	Christophe Boucly	DDSO
	Alex Kirkham	ADSO
SR	Fabrice Malacrida	DSO
	Carine Pividori	DDSO
TE	Delphine Létant-Delrieux	DSO
	Aleksandra Onufrena	DDSO
	Pauline Schreiber	ADSO
	Thomas Relot	ADSO
TH	Letizia Di Giulio	DSO
	Marcus Jankowski	DDSO
	Maria Kapousidou	ADSO
	James Devine	ADSO
	Alexandre Acerra Gil	ADSO
	Evelyne Dho	ADSO
	Isabelle Mardirossian	ADSO
Staff Association	Steffen Junker	SA
	Thomas Bauler	SA

HSE Department	Representative	Role
	Benoît Delille	HSE DH
	Sonja Kleiner	Environmental Protection GL (HSE-ENV)
	Marc Nas	Fire & Rescue Service GL (HSE-FRS)
	Saverio La Mendola	Occupational Health & Safety GL (HSE-OHS)
	Stefan Roesler	Radiation Protection GL (HSE-RP)
	Angela Goehring-Crinon	Transversal Services GL (HSE-TS)

Experiment	Representative	Role
ALICE	Klaus Barth	LEXGLIMOS
	Andre Augustinus	DLEXGLIMOS
ATLAS	Laetitia Bardo	LEXGLIMOS
	Laure Tranchand	DLEXGLIMOS
CMS	Roberto Perruzza	LEXGLIMOS
	Cedric Gerlach	DLEXGLIMOS
	Ana Garrido Remelgado	DLEXGLIMOS
LHCb	Heinrich Schindler	LEXGLIMOS
	Laurent Roy	DLEXGLIMOS

ADSO	Assistant Department Safety Officer
DDSO	Deputy Department Safety Officer
DH	Department Head
DLEXGLIMOS	Deputy Large Experiment Group Leader In Matters Of Safety
DSO	Department Safety Officer
GL	Group Leader
LEXGLIMOS	Large Experiment Group Leader In Matters Of Safety
SA	Staff Association

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