La. Admin. Code tit. 33, pt. XV, ch. 14, XV-1499, app XV-B
Detailed development of the following must be included in the required worker protection plan:
I. The posting of signs pursuant to LAC 33:XV.451 and 1011 to inform personnel when they are entering a NORM contaminated area.
II. Procedures to prevent eating, drinking, smoking, and chewing in areas where work is being performed on contaminated equipment or where contaminated soil is being handled.
III. Procedures to avoid skin contact with NORM contaminated scale, solids, and sludges by the use of protective clothing such as gloves, coveralls, rubber boots, and eye protection.
IV. Procedures to ensure that personnel will thoroughly wash body parts that may have been potentially in direct contact with NORM-contaminated materials before eating, drinking, smoking, or leaving the work area.
V. Procedures for whole body monitoring of personnel in restricted area including a description of the survey instrumentation used.
VI. Procedures to minimize the number of personnel in the contaminated area.
VII. Other operational procedures (i.e., openings on contaminated equipment or containers should be sealed when stored or handled, tubulars capped on both ends, etc.).
For operations that have the potential to produce NORM contaminated dusts (i.e., cutting, grinding, sand-blasting, welding, drilling, polishing, or handling soil) or when loose contamination is suspected, the following additional precautions shall be taken:
I. The use of a respirator appropriate for radioactive particulates shall be worn if required by LAC 33:XV.Chapter 4.
II. Safety glasses should be worn for eye protection.
III. Activities shall be conducted in well-ventilated areas to which access has been restricted.
IV. Ground covers should be utilized to the extent possible to contain contaminants and facilitate cleanup.
V. The need for personnel monitoring and bioassay shall be evaluated and provided if necessary.
In addition to the general guidance given above, there may be industrial operations such as vessel entry, dismantling of equipment, refurbishing of equipment, or transportation, which may require additional precautionary procedures which should be included in the worker protection procedures submitted to the department.
La. Admin. Code tit. 33, pt. XV, ch. 14, XV-1499, app XV-B