Radiation Hazards

A. Warning signs of an approved type must be conspicuously posted outside entrance doors to rooms that contain strong magnetic fields, lasers, x-rays, high voltage devices, or other potentially hazardous radiation or equipment. Separate warning signs must be displayed outside rooms containing equipment, such as microwave sources, that could adversely affect pacemaker devices.

B. Careful attempts should be made to shield any experiment in which ultraviolet radiation is used, in order to prevent escape of the direct beam or significant amounts of scattered radiation.

C. Lasers

1. Laser relays must be shielded to prevent accidental exposure.

2. Warning signs must be posted at entrances to laser laboratories, including, if possible, a flashing light to indicate that a laser experiment is in progress.

3. Lasers should be operated in well-lighted laboratories.

4. Laser goggles should be available to all personnel working in laser laboratories. The goggles should have a sufficiently high optical density to reduce the energy reaching the retina to a safe level.

D. In the event of any radiation-related accident or exposure, Radiological Safety personnel at the TAMU Environmental Health and Safety Office (5-2132) should be notified immediately.

Departmental Safety Regulations