OSHA
Nov 18, 2010 | 6:59 am
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Not sure if this has been brought up or even applies to TSA sceeners. Does anyone even know how much radiation the TSO is exposed to by standing next to the NOS for x amount of hours? Would OSHA rules regarding radiation safety even apply?
Nov 18, 2010 | 7:02 am
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Nov 18, 2010 | 10:29 pm
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What about a Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)? They're required for things as innocuous as Windex in government settings - surely one must exist for the NoS. Do we, as passengers, have the right to request to see the MSDS that, by all rights, should be on file in the terminal?
(It wouldn't necessarily make a difference, but it sure would throw the TSOs for a loop...)
(It wouldn't necessarily make a difference, but it sure would throw the TSOs for a loop...)
Nov 19, 2010 | 1:00 am
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What about a Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)? They're required for things as innocuous as Windex in government settings - surely one must exist for the NoS. Do we, as passengers, have the right to request to see the MSDS that, by all rights, should be on file in the terminal?
I am amazed that dosimetry is not required for personnel working around the NoS. If I were a TSA screener (and I hope that I never am that destitute or desperate that I have to be one), I would be insisting on a dosimeter and I would be looking for regular radiation checks and equipment calibration and maintenance information. Perhaps there is a dosimter mounted in the are of the machine on not on personnel.
And IIRC OSHA does have jurisdiction at government facilities. At least they did when I worked at one (though I worked for a gov contractor).
Nov 19, 2010 | 1:07 am
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The one independent study published (Johns Hopkins) said there was an area (maybe a meter wide?) around certain parts of the scanner where employees could receive a higher-than-recommended dose if the machine was in heavy use.
Nov 19, 2010 | 1:24 am
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You mean like during the course of an 8 hour shift? or the 24+ hours it is on?
I've been tempted to 'drop a dosimeter ' near the scanner. I know in Atlanta that no one will notice it for at least a month.
And I'm sure it has been brought up elsewhere - but in the back of my mind with thousands going in it and around it how often is the maintenance and calibration? I'm sure that info is SSI.
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Nov 19, 2010 | 1:47 am
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1 meter is ~ 3 feet. TSOs have always been that close to it when I see them.
You mean like during the course of an 8 hour shift? or the 24+ hours it is on?
I've been tempted to 'drop a dosimeter ' near the scanner. I know in Atlanta that no one will notice it for at least a month.
And I'm sure it has been brought up elsewhere - but in the back of my mind with thousands going in it and around it how often is the maintenance and calibration? I'm sure that info is SSI.
You mean like during the course of an 8 hour shift? or the 24+ hours it is on?
I've been tempted to 'drop a dosimeter ' near the scanner. I know in Atlanta that no one will notice it for at least a month.
And I'm sure it has been brought up elsewhere - but in the back of my mind with thousands going in it and around it how often is the maintenance and calibration? I'm sure that info is SSI.
Page 26-28 of the report. One of their recommendations is site testing and monitoring because of the potential to exceed the recommended dose.
I was off - at the entry and exit the area has higher-than-recommended radiation to approximately 1.7 feet outside the entrance and exits.
Nov 19, 2010 | 7:23 am
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Nov 19, 2010 | 8:07 am
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