Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Radiation Protection
Notice to Employees
Standards for Protection Against Radiation; Notices, Instructions'
and Reports to Workers; Inspections
In Title 25 of its Rules and Regulations, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental established standards for your protection against radiation hazards and has established certain provisions for the options of workers engaged in work under a Department license or registration.
Your Employer's Responsibility
Your employer is required to:
- Apply those Department of Environmental Resources regulations and any conditions of your employer's radioactive materials license to all work involving radiation sources.
- Post or otherwise make available to you a copy of the Department of Environmental Resources regulations, licenses, and operating procedures which apply to work in which you are engaged, and explain their provisions to you.
- Post Notice of Violation Involving radiological working conditions, proposed imposition of civil penalties and orders.
Your Responsibility as a Worker
You should familiarize yourself with those provisions of the Department of Environmental Resources regulations and operating procedures which apply to the work in which you are engaged. You should observe their provisions for your own protection and protection of your co-workers.
What is Covered by These Regulations
- Limits on exposure to radiation and radioactive materials in restricted and unrestricted areas.
- Measures to be taken after accidental exposure.
- Personnel monitoring, surveys, and equipment.
- Caution signs, labels, and safety Interlock equipment.
- Exposure records and reports.
- Options for workers regarding Department Inspections.
- Related matters.
Reports on Your Radiation History
- The Department of Environmental Resources regulations require that your employer give you a written report if you receive an exposure in excess of any applicable limit as set forth in the
regulations or the license. The basic limits for exposure to employees
are set forth in Chapter 219 of the regulations. This chapter
specifies limits on exposure to radiation and exposure to concentrations
of radioactive material in air.
- If you work where personnel monitoring is required pursuant to
Chapter 219 and If you request information on your radiation exposure:
(a) Your employer must give you a written report of your radiation
exposure upon the termination of your employment, and
(b) Your employer must advise you annually of your exposure to
radiation.
Inspections
All activities Involving radiation are subject to inspection by representatives of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources. In addition, any workers or representative of workers who believes that there is a violation of the Department regulations of the terms of the employer's license or registration with regard to radiological working conditions in which the worker is engaged, may request an Inspection by sending a notice of the alleged violation
to the Bureau of Radiation Protection. The request must set forth the specific grounds for the notice, and must be signed by the workers as the representative of the workers. During Inspections, Department Inspectors may confer privately with workers, and any worker may bring to the attention of the Inspectors any past or present condition which that worker believes contributed to or caused any violation as described above.
Inquires
Inquiries dealing with matters outlined above can be sent to the Bureau of Radiation Protection, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, P.O. Box 2063, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Telephone (717) 787-3720.