New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

RADIATION CONTROL REGULATION 2003 - REG 28

28 Record of accidents

(1) An employer must maintain a record, in accordance with this clause, of all radiation accidents.

Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.

(2) Such a record must, for each radiation accident that is reported to the employer, contain the following particulars:

(a) particulars of the accident indicating, as far as is possible, the place where it occurred and the period during which emission of radiation was uncontrolled,

(b) the name of any occupationally exposed person or other person who was there during that period,

(c) an estimate of the radiation dose to which any person may have been exposed,

(d) details and results of any medical examinations undertaken as a result of the accident,

(e) particulars of the area over which any radioactive substances may have been dispersed,

(f) particulars of any steps taken to rectify the accident,

(g) the time at which the accident was reported to the employer,

(h) the probable cause of the accident,

(i) particulars of any investigations conducted into the accident, together with the results of the investigations,

(j) details of any steps taken to reduce the risk of a similar accident occurring in the future.