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Training Courses on Safety for Equivalent Workers

Training Courses on Safety for Equivalent Workers
Safety Training for all students of the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Resource Sciences to undertake laboratory activities, geological field campaigns, educational exercises, research, and internships.
(Note: For the activation of internal internships, please pay attention to the additional provisions available at the following link.)

All university students (undergraduates, doctoral candidates, specialists, interns, scholarship holders, research fellows, and equivalent individuals) who attend educational, research, or service laboratories and are exposed to risks identified in the risk assessment document are considered equivalent to workers. As such, they are subject to preventive and protective measures to safeguard their health and safety.

It is clarified that laboratories are considered as locations or environments where educational, research, or service activities are carried out, involving the use of machinery, equipment, plants, prototypes, or other technical tools, as well as chemical, physical, or biological agents. Additionally, locations or environments outside the constructed areas of the premises—such as archaeological, geological, or marine field campaigns—are also regarded as laboratories.

Before commencing activities involving exposure to risks, every university student (so-called "equivalent worker") is required to:

  1. Undergo a health surveillance examination.
  2. Complete the online course "Basic Training on Workplace Health and Safety" (4 hours).
  3. Attend a specific risk training course.

The Health Surveillance Examination will be requested by the tutor/professor/supervisor overseeing the laboratory activity and at the time of assigning the experimental thesis work. Notifications regarding the health surveillance examination schedule are published on the Course of Study's dedicated webpage.

The online course "Basic Training on Workplace Health and Safety" requires a 4-hour commitment (as specified in letter a) of paragraph 1 of Article 37 of Legislative Decree No. 81/08 and the State-Regions Agreement of 21/12/2011). A participation certificate is issued upon passing the final verification test.

The course is available at the following link on the Federica.eu platform:
https://www.federica.eu/partners/formazione-unina/

Access requires the use of active UNINA credentials (name.surname@studenti.unina.it).

To access the course, it is necessary to enter the access code of your department, which can be found by clicking here: https://www.unina.it/documents/11958/21142433/FORM_elenco.codici.accesso.pdf

User support and guidelines for proper course participation can be found at the following link:
https://www.unina.it/documents/11958/21142433/FORM_indicazioni.corsi.pdf

Mass Spectrometry

Responsible: Prof. Massimo D’Antonio
Co-Responsible: Dr. Valeria Di Renzo
Location: L1 - 4-52
Telefono: +39 0812538330 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES

In the Mass Spectrometry laboratory, the isotopic composition of selected chemical elements is determined. In more detail, it is possible to analyze radiogenic (e.g., Sr, Nd, Pb), radioactive (e.g., U, Th) and stable (e.g., Li, B) isotopes in any sample that can be reduced to a solid compound. The main research activities related to these analyses include for example:

- petrogenesis of magmas (characterization of source regions of magmatism; reconstruction of magma genesis and evolution processes in variable geodynamic settings of Earth);

- volcanology and volcanic risk (residence time of magmas before eruptions; reconstruction of time evolution of the magmatic feeding system of volcanoes, even during the course of a single eruption; geochemical characterization of tephras).

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT

  • Triton Plus mass spectrometer (Fig. 1), manufactured by Thermo Scientific (Brema, Germany), equipped with 8 adjustable and 1 fixed Faraday cups, as well as 1 secondary electrons multiplier (SEM) with RPQplus (Retarding Potential Quadrupole) filter for measuring low intensity signals. The Triton Plus can host up to 21 samples mounted on a rotating magazine; it is equipped with an electromagnetic lenses system (zoom optics) allowing complete overlapping of several mass peaks during static measurements; furthermore, it has a software application allowing the “virtual rotation” of the amplifiers on each Faraday cup during the measurements. The magnet has an asymmetric design with extended geometry allowing measurement of isotope ratios at mass unit steps for elements from lithium to uranium.
  • Filament sample loading unit (Fig. 2).
  • Filament degassing unit (Fig. 3).

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Fig. 1 – The Triton Plus, the mass spectrometer installed at DiSTAR

 

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Fig. 2 – The filament sample loading unit installed at DiSTAR

 

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  • Fig 3 – The filament degassing unit installed at DiSTAR
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