Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 49 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Article 1 - HOURS AND WORKING CONDITIONS; WOMEN AND MINORS
Section 49-1-57 - Occupations involving exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 49-1-57
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(1) Occupations.
(a) Any work in any workroom in
which:
(1) Radium is stored or used in the
manufacture of self-luminous compound;
(2) Self-luminous compound is made,
processed, or packaged;
(3)
Self-luminous compound is stored, used, or worked upon;
(4) Incandescent mantles are made from fabric
and solutions containing thorium salts, or are processed or packaged;
(5) Other radioactive substances
are present in the air in average concentrations exceeding 10 percent of the
maximum permissible concentrations in the air recommended for occupational
exposure by the national committee on radiation protection, as set forth in the
40-hour week column of table one of the national bureau of standards handbook
No. 69 entitled "maximum permissible body burdens and maximum permissible
concentrations of radionuclides in aid and in water for occupational exposure,"
issued June 5, 1959.
(b) Any other work which involves exposure to
ionizing radiations in excess of 0.5 rem per year.
(2) Definitions. As used in this section:
(a) The term "self-luminous compound" shall
mean any mixture of phosphorescent material and radium, mesothorium, or other
radioactive element.
(b) The term
"workroom" shall include the entire area bounded by walls of solid material and
extending from floor to ceiling.
(c) The term "ionizing radiations" shall mean
alpha and beta particles, electrons, protons, neutrons, gamma, and x-ray and
all other radiations which produce ionizations directly or indirectly, but does
not include electromagnetic radiations other than gamma and x-ray.
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