N.J. Admin. Code § 12:58-4.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 12:58-4.7 - Radioactive substances and ionizing radiation

(a) Minors under 18 years of age shall not be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any workroom where exposed to radioactive substances or to ionizing radiation.

(b) Work where exposed to radioactive substances shall mean work which involves exposure to:

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

2. Self-luminous compounds are made, processed, or packaged.

3. Self-luminous compounds are 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 which 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 Air and in Water for Occupational Exposure", issued June 5, 1959.

(c) Work where exposed to ionizing radiation shall mean work which involves exposure to ionizing radiations in excess of 0.5 rem per year.

(d) "Self-luminous compound" shall mean any mixture of phosphorescent material and radium, mesothorium, or other radioactive element.

(e) "Workroom" shall include the entire area bounded by walls of solid material and extending from floor to ceiling.

(f) "Ionizing radiation" 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.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:58-4.7