Protective clothing, etc.
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PART V.
PRECAUTIONS FOR WORKERS.
25. (1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall—
(a) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who is engaged in the regular handling of any unsealed radioactive substance to be supplied with, and shall direct every such worker to wear, an overall of a pattern approved by the Authority;
(b) cause any such overall, after each occasion upon which it is used, either to be washed in such manner as the Authority may approve for the purpose of preventing the spread of contamination, or to be disposed of as radioactive waste in accordance with the provisions of regulation 7:
(c) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who is engaged in the regular handling of any unsealed radioactive substance, in addition to the overall referred to in sub- paragraph (a), to be supplied with, and shall direct every such worker to wear, rubber or plastic gloves for protecting the hands and suitable headgear for protecting the hair:
(d) cause all such gloves to be washed each time they are removed from the wearers' hands after use and such headgear, when in use, to be washed or renewed at least once each week in such manner as the Authority may approve:
(e) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who is engaged in the regular handling of any unsealed radioactive substance to be supplied with a locker to be used solely for the storage of personal protective equipment:
(f) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who is engaged in the regular handling of any unsealed radioactive substance to be provided with an adequate supply of paper handkerchiefs and shall direct every such worked not to use any other handkerchief for any purpose while so engaged; (g) cause arrangements to be made for the deposit in receptacles, of a type respectively approved by the Authority, of used paper handkerchiefs requiring disposal and of used articles of personal protective equipment requiring laundering:
(h) cause receptacles referred to in sub-paragraph (g) to be at all times situated in every workroom, locker room and ablution
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room used by any worker engaged in the regular handling of any unsealed radioactive substance and shall cause each such receptacle to be emptied of its contents at the end of each working day or shift and the contents thereof disposed of in accordance with the provisions of regulation 7 as radioactive waste, or, as the case may be, laundered or stored for launder- ing in a manner approved by the Authority.
(2) The Authority may, upon application in any particular case and upon being satisfied that adequate alternative safety precautions are laken, by notice in writing addressed to the proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking in question waive all or any of the provisions of paragraph (1).
(3) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2)-
(c) any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected indus-
trial undertaking who fails to comply with any of the provi sions of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars; and
(b) any person who fails to comply with any direction required to be given pursuant to any of the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.
26. (1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected Protective industrial undertaking in which any person is employed in any work or process involving the regular bandling of any unsealed radioactive substance shall provide for the use of such person, and shall direct such person to use, a suitable protective screen so constructed that it is or can be placed in a position between the face and the bauds of the worker so as effectively to screen the face from the work during the handling of the substance.
(2) (a) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with any of the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars. (5) Any person who fails to comply with any direction given by the proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.
27. (1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected Washing industrial undertaking shall provide washing facilities with soap, towels facilitles. and mail brushes and an adequate supply of water free from radioactive
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