What should I do with chemicals and ionizing radiation?

Art. 221 § 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure provide for a ban on the use of chemical substances and their mixtures without appropriate markings, safety data sheets and packaging protecting against specific hazards. According to these provisions, it is unacceptable to use:

  • chemical substances and mixtures thereof which are not clearly labelled and which allow their identification;
  • a dangerous substance, a dangerous mixture, a hazardous substance or a mixture of hazards without an up-to-date inventory of those substances and mixtures and safety data sheets, as well as packaging to protect against their harmful effects, fire or explosion.

The use of a dangerous substance, a dangerous mixture, a hazardous substance or a mixture causing a hazard is permitted provided that measures are taken to ensure that workers protect their health or life (Article 221 § 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure).

The criteria and method of classification of chemical substances and their mixtures in terms of threats to health or life, as well as their labelling, are specified in the provisions of the Act of 25 February 2011 on chemical substances and their mixtures and the implementing regulations issued on its basis.

Violation of the provisions of Art. 221 § 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure constitutes an offense against employee rights, which is punishable by a fine from PLN 1,000 to PLN 30,000.

The employer’s obligations regarding the protection of employees against ionizing radiation are formulated in Article 223 § 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The employer is obliged to protect employees against ionizing radiation from artificial and natural sources occurring in the work environment.

In addition, pursuant to Article 223 § 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the dose of ionizing radiation from natural sources, obtained by an employee at work under conditions of exposure to this radiation, may not exceed the doses specified in separate regulations for artificial sources of ionizing radiation.

This means, therefore, that the dose of ionizing radiation from natural sources, obtained by an employee at work in conditions of exposure to this radiation, may not exceed the limit doses determined on the basis of the provisions of Article 25 point 1 of the Act of 29 November 2000 – Atomic Law in the Regulation of the Council of Ministers (RM) of 18 January 2005 on the limit doses of ionizing radiation.

Employers are also obliged to apply the provisions of the RM Regulation of 12 July 2006 on detailed conditions for safe work with ionizing radiation sources. Employers using the services of external employees are obliged to take into account the regulations of the RM Regulation of 30 November 2020 on protection against ionizing radiation of external workers exposed while working in a controlled or supervised area.

Source:  https://poradnikprzedsiebiorcy.pl/-czynniki-oraz-procesy-technologiczne-stwarzajace-szczegolne-zagrozenie-dla-pracownika

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