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C-AD Particle Post Particle Post June 2007 "Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us" ~Thomas Browne To review previous issues A Note From Our Chairman The RHIC Retreat on July 16-17 will have machine availability as one of its foci. The run this year has a binary character to it. Either we have many stores back-to-back or we have stores separated by large time intervals due to equipment failures or operations inefficiencies. There is a lot to be discussed and then worked on. Despite the difficulties, we are close to the maximum estimated delivered luminosity for Run 7. It is clear that we have the potential to do even better. Stochastic cooling is a great success. We are now a factor of 5 away from our enhanced luminosity goal proposed with electron cooling of ions. C-AD proved once again that it was worthy of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 recertification. Congratulations for getting through the audit with no identified deficiencies and a commendable practice. The DOE Inspector Generals Office will be at BNL in early June to look at cyber security. Remember the rules to have screen savers that timeout after 15-30 minutes of non-use, passwords, lock your offices when leaving and do NOT access adult material websites. June 14 is our Barbeque. Don’t forget to buy a ticket and be in the running for some great prizes and of course great food. Administration Despite the uncertain start to FY 2007, the Department’s financial health is excellent. RHIC, NSRL, BLIP and Tandem are operating and adequately funded. Candidates for vacancies created by the FY 2006 Reduction in Force are being actively recruited and electricians and cable pullers are being brought on to support maintenance activities over the summer shutdown. Selective purchasing of spares has been authorized and the first $1M of a long-term commitment to upgrade the AGS infrastructure has been allocated. Nuclear Physics R&D funding for the Energy Recovery Linac continues and additional funding provided by the Office of Naval Research and the Stony Brook Foundation has enabled us to accelerate progress on this very important foundation for the future. http://www.c-ad.bnl.gov/esfd/ParticlePost.htm (1 of 20)6/5/2007 4:16:20 AM C-AD Particle Post The Business Systems Division is preparing for major system upgrades to both PeopleSoft HR and PeopleSoft Financials. The HR system upgrade is scheduled for June 7th through the 10th. Beginning Thursday night at 6PM and through the duration of the upgrade, the system, including all Employee Self Service functions will be unavailable. Please note that the Employee Self Service functions include the Time Entry module. Thus, on Friday, June 8th, you will not be able to access your time card. Full restoration of system functionality is anticipated for Monday, June 11th. The upgrade of PeopleSoft Financials is scheduled to begin at 6PM on Tuesday, July 3rd and will extend through Sunday, July 8th. PeopleSoft financials encompasses all accounting and budget functions, procurement and property management, work order entry and maintenance, as well as travel. Thus, on Thursday, July 5th and Friday, July 6th, WEB Requisitions, Plant Engineering Work Orders and Travel Authorizations and Vouchers cannot be entered or processed. The month end financial reports for June may also be delayed. Full restoration of financial system functionality is anticipated for Monday, July 9th. Machine Update The gold-gold RHIC Run-7 is continuing, and will be over June 26, while NSRL and the development for polarized protons in the injectors will continue until June 29. Although the RHIC run is not over yet, a preliminary assessment is that it is a very successful run but not without challenges. The figure above shows the integrated luminosity delivered to the experiments and it is clear that the overall performance of the collider is very close to the predicted maximum possible for this year of operation. The main challenge so far has been machine availability and time at store, determined primarily by system failures. Analysis and possible remedies to that are in progress and will be revisited at the time of the RHIC Retreat. Operations of NSRL and BLIP continue successfully in parallel with RHIC. The present focus of the development with polarized protons, performed when RHIC is at store, is to test a configuration with both AGS vertical and horizontal tunes higher that holds the promise of higher polarization. In parallel with running operation of the programs we have already started preparation for the summer shutdown and the RHIC Retreat, the latter planned for June 16-17 with closeouts at BNL on June 20. Safety Stats Fiscal Year 2007 DOE Recordable and Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) Cases with Lost/Restricted Days for BNL http://www.c-ad.bnl.gov/esfd/ParticlePost.htm (2 of 20)6/5/2007 4:16:20 AM C-AD Particle Post DOE- # Days Date Description Recordable* DART* Lost / Restricted An employee was grinding metal and noticed an irritation 5/3/07 X in his right eye. He required medical treatment. An employee caught his hand between a falling wall and 5/1/07 another wall, resulting in a soft tissue injury to the left X X 3/0 hand. He was out for 3 days. An employee was running when he felt a pull in his right 4/29/07 heel and arch. He required medical treatment and has lost X X 28/0 time from work. The employee is still out as of 5/29/07. An employee was descending a ladder when he slipped on the third rung from the bottom. His right leg got caught 4/25/07 in the ladder as he fell resulting in torn ligaments and X X 33/0 cartilage. He required medical treatment and lost time from work. The employee is still out as of 5/29/07. An employee was removing a pipe section when he felt something go into his right eye. He required medical 4/17/07 X treatment to remove metal particles from both eyes. He was wearing safety glasses with side shields. An employee dropped weights on his foot in the course of performing required exercises, resulting in a fracture. The 4/15/07 X X 0/31 employee did not lose time but was placed on restricted duty. An employee has pain in his lower back after doing heavy 4/10/07 lifting. The employee received medical treatment and lost X X 9/0 time from work. An employee was unloading 2" steel pipe from a truck 4/4/07 when he felt a pull in his lower back. The injury required X X 8/0 days away from work. An employee working on a duct was bent over for 4 hours. The employee’s back began to hurt and the pain 4/3/07 progressed over the next day. The employee was X X 23/40 diagnosed with herniated and bulging discs and lost time from work. The employee is on restricted duty until 6/6/07. While climbing stairs, an employee twisted to reach for a 3/30/07 phone and pulled his upper back. The employee required X X 34/0 medical treatment and lost time from work. An employee was working with a wrench when it slipped 3/10/07 and hit his front tooth. The tooth was loosened and X required an implant, making this case recordable. http://www.c-ad.bnl.gov/esfd/ParticlePost.htm (3 of 20)6/5/2007 4:16:20 AM C-AD Particle Post An employee injured her lower back while attempting to step into a truck. She was transported to the emergency 3/9/07 X X 4/7 room, received prescription medication and lost time from work. An engineer using a screwdriver slipped and lacerated his 3/1/07 thumb. The laceration required two sutures making this X case recordable. An employee was coming down a ladder when he lost his 2/28/07 X X 4/19 balance and fell to the ground, spraining his right ankle. An employee carrying a 50 lb. box up a flight of stairs injured his right shoulder. He did not notify the OMC until 2/27/07 X X 28/2 5/1/07 and is currently losing time. The employee returned to work on 5/29/07. An employee was lifting 50-pound bags of salt and felt pain in his left shoulder and down his left arm. He went to 2/26/07 X X 8/0 an orthopedist on 3/1/07 who gave a cortisone shot and advised him to rest for a week. An employee was prying something with a knife. The knife 2/23/07 closed while in use and caused a laceration to the base of X his pinky. The laceration needed seven sutures. An employee was exposed to mold in her office. She 2/22/07 developed respiratory problems that resulted in time away X X 2/0 from work. An employee was re-latching a lift gate when the gate slipped and hit him in the ribs. X-rays determined that his 2/15/07 X X 2/0 rib was broken. He stayed home for 2 days because of the pain. An employee needed to remove a box in the middle of a stack of boxes. As he removed that middle box, the heavy 1/22/07 X X 3/28 boxes on top fell onto his thumb, tearing a ligament.