Section 12-25-44 - Occupations involving exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiation(a) As used in this section: "Ionizing radiation" means 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-rays.
"Self-luminous compound" means any mixture of phosphorescent material and radium, mesothorium, or other radioactive element.
"Workroom" includes the entire area bounded by walls of solid material and extending from floor to ceiling.
(b) The following occupations involving exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiation are declared hazardous for minors under eighteen years of age: (1) Any work in any workroom in which: (A) Radium is stored or used in the manufacture of self-luminous compound;(B) Self-luminous compound is made, processed, or packaged;(C) Self-luminous compound is stored, used, or worked upon;(D) Incandescent mantles are made from fabric and solutions containing thorium salts, or are processed or packaged; and(E) Other radioactive substances are present in the air in average concentrations exceeding ten per cent of the maximum permissible concentrations in the air recommended for occupational exposure by the National Committee on Radiation Protection, as set forth in the forty-hour week column on table one of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards Handbook No. 69 entitled "Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum Permissible Concentrations of Radionuclides in Air and in Water for Occupational Exposure", issued June 5, 1959; and(2) Any other work which involves exposure to ionizing radiations in excess of the limits set for minors under eighteen years of age by the occupational safety and health standards of the department.[Eff. OCT. 5, 1981] (Auth: HRS §§ 390-2, 390-6) (Imp: HRS § 390-2)