| YOUR EMPLOYER'S RESPONSIBILITY
Your employer is required to: 1. Apply the rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 336 to licensed activities involving radiation and radioactive materials. 2. Post or otherwise make available to you a copy of commission rules, licenses, operating procedures, notices of violations, and certain other notices and provide appropriate instructions to you. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A WORKER You should familiarize yourself with those provisions of the rules and the operating procedures which apply to the work you are engaged in. You should observe these provisions for your own protection and the protection of your co-workers. WHAT IS COVERED BY THESE RULES 1. Limits on exposure to radiation and radioactive materials in restricted and unrestricted areas; 2. Measures to be taken after accidental exposure; 3. Personnel monitoring, surveys, and equipment; 4. Caution signs, labels, and other safety precautions; 5. Exposure records and reports; 6. Options for workers regarding inspections; and 7. Related matters. REPORTS ON YOUR RADIATION EXPOSURE 1. The rules 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 rules or in the license. The basic limits for exposure to employees are set forth in 30 TAC Sections 336.305 through 336.312. These sections specify limits on radiation doses and intake of radioactive materials. |
2. If your employer is required by the rules to provide you with individual
monitoring:
(a) Your employer must advise you annually of your radiation dose as shown in records maintained by your employer in accordance with the rules. (b) Upon written request at the time you terminate employment, your employer must provide you a written report of your radiation dose during the current year or fraction thereof. INSPECTIONS All licensed activities are subject to inspection by representatives of the executive director. In addition, any worker or representative of workers who believes that there is a violation of the Texas Radiation Control Act (TRCA), the commission rules issued thereunder, or the employer's license conditions with regard to radiological working conditions in which the worker is engaged may request an inspection by giving a notice of the alleged violation to the executive director or inspector. The request must set forth the specific grounds for the notice and must be signed by the worker or the representative of workers. During inspections, the inspectors may consult privately with workers, and any worker may bring to the attention of the inspectors any past or present condition which he or she believes has contributed to or caused any violation of the TRCA, the commission rules, or the employer's license conditions. POSTING REQUIREMENT Copies of this notice must be posted in a sufficient number of places in every establishment where employees are employed in activities pursuant to 30 TAC Chapter 336, to permit employees to observe a copy on the way to or from any particular work location. |