Safety

A review was made of the risk assessment that was made of working at the NOT. A meeting was held with a representative of the company that did the risk assessment to clarify some issues, and make sure that existing procedures are conforming to the rules. The main issue has been that both the type of work, as well as the way we operate are very different from regular industries or normal companies. This is reflected at least partly in some of the recommendations made by the company that do not make much sense for our situation. It was agreed with the representative that he will again make a full review of our operations before the end of the year.

As part of the sale of an observing night to people from Durham University (UK), and conform to Spanish work and safety laws, a document was written that describes the condition that external workers should follow when at the NOT. This include a form to be signed by each person that has to work at the NOT, in this case in the dome with the telescope, which says that they agree to these conditions. A Spanish version still needs to be produced.