Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 40 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Part VII - Conditions under Which Minor Labor May Be Used
Chapter 5 - Hazardous Occupations
Section VII-533 - Occupations Involving Exposure to Radioactive Substances and Ionizing Radiation

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code VII-533

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. All work is prohibited in any workroom in which:

1. radium is stored or used in the manufacture of self-luminous compounds;

2. self-luminous compounds are manufactured, processed, or packaged;

3. self-luminous compounds are stored, used, or worked on;

4. incandescent mantles are made from fabric and solutions containing thorium salts, or where these are packaged or stored;

5. other radioactive substances are present in the air in average concentrations exceeding 10 percent of the maximum permissible concentration in air recommended for 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 Air and Water for Occupational Exposure, issued June 5, 1959; or

6. any other work which involves exposure to ionizing radiations in excess of 0.5 rem per year.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:161.

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