Safety Manual - Spms

SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL & MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
LABORATORY SAFETY MANUAL
12.13 Radiation Emergency Procedures
When any radiation accident occurs, the licensee of the area at the time shall:
(a)
Inform the Reporting Officer, School Safety Officer or Safety
Representative immediately and evacuate all individuals from the affected
area, if necessary;
(b)
Block off (by the emergency response team or ERT) the affected area
(including all locations where the radiation level exceeds 25Sv/hr), and
post warning signs at all its entrances;
(c)
Refer affected individuals for medical observation and treatment;
(d) Inform the Office of Health & Safety (92351327);
(e)
Make arrangements to provide temporary shielding, monitoring and
decontamination of any affected individual and the area and take all other
actions necessary, to return the situation to normal;
(f)
Ensure that any contaminated items are removed from the person before
the individual leaves the premises; and
(g)
Ensure that any personal clothing or other private property which is
contaminated by radioactive materials is not taken from the premises or
released for disposal until the radioactivity is minimal (refer to page 11).
A written investigation report has to be submitted to the Office of Health and
Safety within 24 hours after the accident. The person reporting shall use the
Office of Health & Safety Incident Investigation Reporting Form (See Appendix
II) when conducting the reporting. This preliminary written report shall contain
details of:
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