Skip to content
We noticed you’re not on the correct regional site. Switch to our AMERICAS site for the best experience.
Go to AMERICAS site X
Please enter a keyword to search
Search within
  • Preview

    AS 2243.5-1993

    View superseded by
    Superseded A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.
    Add to Watchlist
    View superseded by
    This Standard has been added successfully to your Watchlist
    Please visit My Watchlist to see all standards that you are watching.
    Please log in or to add this standard to your Watchlist.
    We could not add this standard to your Watchlist.
    Please retry or contact support for assistance.
    We could not add this standard to your Watchlist.
    Please retry or contact support for assistance.
    You have already added this standard to your Watchlist.
    Visit My Watchlist to view the full list.

    Safety in laboratories - Non-ionizing radiations

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF 1 User, PDF 3 Users, PDF 5 Users, PDF 9 Users

    Superseded date:  30-06-2017

    Language(s): 

    Published date:  01-01-1993

    Publisher:  Standards Australia

    Add to Watchlist

    Add To Cart

    Table of Contents - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    1 - AS 2243.5:1993 SAFETY IN LABORATORIES - NON-IONIZING RADIATIONS
    4 - PREFACE
    5 - CONTENTS
    7 - FOREWORD
    8 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
    8 - 1.1 SCOPE
    8 - 1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
    9 - 1.3 DEFINITIONS
    9 - 1.3.1 Accident
    9 - 1.3.2 Extremely low frequency (ELF)
    9 - 1.3.3 Illuminance
    9 - 1.3.4 Incident
    9 - 1.3.5 Irradiance
    9 - 1.3.6 Luminance
    9 - 1.3.7 May
    9 - 1.3.8 Non-ionizing radiation
    9 - 1.3.9 Radiant exposure
    9 - 1.3.10 Radiation
    9 - 1.3.11 Radio-frequency (RF)
    10 - 1.3.12 Specific absorption rate (SAR)
    10 - 1.3.13 Shall
    10 - 1.3.14 Should
    10 - 1.4 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PROTECTION
    10 - 1.4.1 Training
    10 - 1.4.2 Safe guards
    10 - 1.4.3 Warning signs
    11 - 1.5 INCIDENT AND ACCIDENT REPORTING
    11 - 1.5.1 Reporting
    11 - 1.5.2 Composition of the report
    11 - 1.5.3 Disposition of equipment
    11 - 1.5.4 Disposition of reports
    11 - 1.6 STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS
    12 - SECTION 2 ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION*
    12 - 2.1 GENERAL
    12 - 2.2 HAZARDS
    13 - 2.3 RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LIMITS
    13 - 2.3.1 Maximum permissible values
    14 - 2.3.2 Limitations in application
    14 - 2.4 PROTECTION
    14 - 2.5 SOURCES OF UV RADIATION
    17 - SECTION 3 VISIBLE LIGHT
    17 - 3.1 GENERAL
    17 - 3.2 SOURCES OF VISIBLE LIGHT
    17 - 3.3 THE EYE
    17 - 3.4 HAZARDS
    18 - 3.5 RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LIMITS
    18 - 3.6 PROTECTION
    19 - SECTION 4 INFRARED RADIATION (RADIANT HEAT)
    19 - 4.1 GENERAL
    19 - 4.2 HAZARDS
    19 - 4.3 RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LIMITS
    19 - 4.4 PROTECTION
    20 - 4.5 SOURCES OF RADIATION
    21 - SECTION 5 RADIO-FREQUENCY RADIATION
    21 - 5.1 GENERAL
    21 - 5.2 HAZARDS AND DEFECTS
    21 - 5.2.1 General
    21 - 5.2.2 Thermal
    21 - 5.2.3 Other thermal effects
    21 - 5.2.4 Electric burns/shock
    21 - 5.2.5 Effects
    22 - 5.3 RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LIMITS
    22 - 5.4 PROTECTION
    22 - 5.5 SOURCES OF RADIATION
    24 - SECTION 6 EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY RADIATION
    24 - 6.1 GENERAL
    24 - 6.2 HAZARDS
    24 - 6.3 Exposure limits
    24 - 6.4 PROTECTION
    24 - 6.5 SOURCES OF RADIATION
    25 - SECTION 7 LASERS
    25 - 7.1 GENERAL
    25 - 7.2 HAZARDS
    25 - 7.3 PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITS
    26 - 7.4 PROTECTION
    26 - 7.4.1 Classification of lasers
    27 - 7.4.2 Precautions
    28 - SECTION 8 SOUND
    28 - 8.1 GENERAL
    28 - 8.2 HAZARDS
    28 - 8.2.1 Effects of noise
    28 - 8.2.2 Hazards to hearing
    28 - 8.2.3 Interference with speech communication
    28 - 8.2.4 Disturbance of concentration on tasks
    28 - 8.2.5 Low-frequency non-auditory effects
    28 - 8.3 RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVELS
    29 - 8.4 PROTECTION
    29 - 8.5 SOURCES OF NOISE
    29 - 8.6 CALCULATION OF DAILY NOISE DOSE
    31 - SECTION 9 ULTRASONIC RADIATION
    31 - 9.1 GENERAL
    31 - 9.2 HAZARDS
    31 - 9.3 RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVELS
    31 - 9.4 PROTECTION
    31 - 9.5 SOURCES OF RADIATION
    33 - APPENDIX A - NON-IONIZING ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
    34 - APPENDIX B - OPTICAL FIBRE SYSTEMS
    34 - B1 SCOPE
    34 - B2 GENERAL
    34 - B3 HAZARDS
    34 - B4 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LEVELS
    34 - B5 CLASSIFICATION OF LASERS AND FIBRE SYSTEMS
    34 - B6 LABELLING
    35 - B7 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENT
    35 - B7.1 Fibre connectors
    35 - B7.2 Shutters
    35 - B7.3 Laser shutdown
    35 - B7.4 Link testing
    35 - B8 USER PRECAUTIONS
    35 - B9 HAZARDS
    35 - B9.1 Glass particle hazards
    36 - B9.2 Chemical hazards
    37 - APPENDIX C - REFERENCES AND RELATED DOCUMENTS
    37 - C1 SCOPE
    37 - C2 AUSTRALIAN STANDARDS
    37 - C3 OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS
    38 - C4 SOFTWARE
    39 - APPENDIX D - THE USE OF DISTANCE AS A FORM OF PROTECTION
    39 - D1 SCOPE
    39 - D2 GENERAL
    40 - APPENDIX E - LIST OF ADVISORY AUTHORITIES
    40 - E1 SCOPE
    40 - E2 GENERAL

    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Provides requirements and recommendations to prevent accidents in laboratories when using equipment generating non-ionizing radiations.

    Scope - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    This Standard deals with many of the non-ionizing radiations and associated hazards encountered in laboratories. Although the Standard specifies requirements and gives recommendations to prevent personal injury caused by these radiations, or by other hazards associated with their use, it does not contain all the relevant information dealing with usage and safety requirements for non-ionizing radiations and reference should also be made to other appropriate documents.NOTES:1 Appendix A provides a schematic arrangement of the non-ionizing electromagnetic spectrum.2 Appendix B provides advisory material dealing with optical fibre systems.3 Appendix C provides a listing of documents giving other information on non-ionizing radiations.

    General Product Information - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Committee CH-026
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Standards Australia
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes
    Under Revision

    History - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    First published as AS 2243.5-1980.
    Second edition 1993. First published as AS 2243.5-1980. Second edition 1993.

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    AS 2659.2-1983 Guide to the use of sound measuring equipment - Portable equipment for integration of sound signals
    AS 2604-1986 Sunscreen products - Evaluation and classification
    AS 1259.2-1990 Acoustics - Sound level meters - Integrating - Averaging
    AS 1633-1985 Acoustics - Glossary of terms and related symbols
    AS 2659.1-1988 Guide to the use of sound measuring equipment - Portable sound level meters
    AS 1269-1989 Acoustics - Hearing conservation
    AS 1319-1994 Safety signs for the occupational environment (Reconfirmed 2018)
    AS 1216.1-1984 Classification, hazard identification and information systems for dangerous goods - Classification and class labels for dangerous goods
    AS 1885.1-1990 Measurement of occupational health and safety performance Describing and reporting occupational injuries and disease, known as the Workplace injury and disease recording standard
    AS 1067.1-1990 Sunglasses and fashion spectacles - Safety requirements
    AS 2772.1-1990 Radiofrequency radiation - Maximum exposure levels - 100 kHz to 300 GHz
    AS 1259.1-1990 Acoustics - Sound level meters - Non-integrating
    AS 2107-1987 Acoustics - Recommended design sound levels and reverberation times for building interiors
    AS 2211-1991 Laser safety
    AS 1336-1982 Recommended practices for eye protection in the industrial environment
    AS 1270-1988 Acoustics - Hearing protectors
    AS 1067.2-1990 Sunglasses and fashion spectacles Performance requirements
    AS 2397-1993 Safe use of lasers in the building and construction industry

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    AS 1038.8.2-2003 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing Coal and coke - Chlorine - High-temperature combustion method (Reconfirmed 2013)
    AS 2879.2-2003 Alumina - Determination of particles passing a 20 micrometre aperture sieve
    AS 3641.2-1990 Recommended practice for atomic emission spectrometric analysis - Inductively coupled plasma excitation
    AS 2434.6-2002 Methods for the analysis and testing of lower rank coal and its chars Lower rank coal - Ultimate analysis - Classical methods
    AS 1774.4.1-2002 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Preparation of test pieces - By casting
    AS/NZS 1269.1:1998 Occupational noise management - Measurement and assessment of noise immission and exposure
    AS 3685-1998 Recommended procedures and principles of glow discharge mass spectrometry (GD-MS) (Reconfirmed 2016)
    AS 1774.13-2000 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Permanent dimensional change (Reconfirmed 2013)
    AS 1038.11-2002 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing Coal - Forms of sulfur (Reconfirmed 2013)
    AS 1774.33-2003 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Determination of the setting time of castables
    AS 1038.14.2-2003 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing Higher rank coal ash and coke ash - Major and minor elements - Acid digestion/flame atomic absorption spectrometric method
    AS 1774.34-2004 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Guide to the determination of extrusion pressure and curing time of taphole clay
    AS 1774.12-2001 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Refractoriness under load - Temperatures of deformation at constant load with rising temperature (Reconfirmed 2013)
    AS/NZS 2243.1:1997 Safety in laboratories - General
    AS 1038.25-2002 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing Coal - Durham cone handleability test (Reconfirmed 2013)
    AS 2434.8-2002 Methods for the analysis and testing of lower rank coal and its chars Lower rank coal - Determination of ash
    AS 1774.19-2003 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods The determination of sieve analysis and moisture content (Reconfirmed 2013)
    AS 1038.21.1.2-2002 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing Higher rank coal and coke - Relative density - Analysis sample/volumetric method
    AS 1774.5-2001 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods The determination of density, porosity and water absorption
    AS 1774.4.5-2002 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Preparation of test pieces - Gunning refractories (Reconfirmed 2013)
    AS 1038.10.1-2003 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing Determination of trace elements - Coal, coke and fly-ash - Determination of eleven trace elements - Flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (Reconfirmed 2013)
    AS 1038.6.3.2-2003 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing Higher rank coal and coke - Ultimate analysis - Total sulfur - High-temperature combustion method
    AS 2773.1-1998 Ultrasonic cleaners for health care facilities - Non-portable
    AS 5006.2-2002 Silver and silver bearing alloys - Determination of silver content (1% to 99%) - Gravimetric (fire assay) method
    AS 1038.21.1.1-2002 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing - Higher rank coal and coke - Relative density - Analysis sample/density bottle method
    AS 2434.3-2002 Methods for the analysis and testing of lower rank coal and its chars Lower rank coal - Determination of the moisture holding capacity
    AS 1774.23.1-2001 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Abradability index - Oblique method
    AS 1774.2-2001 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Determination of bulk density of granular materials
    AS 4538.2-2000 Guide to sampling of alumina Preparation of samples
    AS 5006.1-2002 Silver and silver bearing alloys - Determination of silver content (0.1% to 99.9%) - Tritrimetric (potentiometric) method
    AS 1774.9-2000 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods - Determination of resistance to the disintegrating effect of carbon monoxide
    AS 2434.2-2002 Methods for the analysis and testing of lower rank coal and its chars Lower rank coal - Determination of volatile matter (Reconfirmed 2013)
    AS 2489.11-2003 Methods for the analysis of zircon sand concentrates - Determination of acid demand value
    AS 2864.1-2003 Methods for the analysis of rutile - Determination of titanium content - Titrimetric method
    AS 1774.31.2-2001 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Modulus of elasticity - Compression method
    AS 2879.4-2003 Alumina - Determination of specific surface area by nitrogen adsorption
    AS 1774.22-2000 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Refractory mortar - Test methods
    AS 1774.27-2001 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Modulus of rupture at elevated temperatures
    AS 1038.12.3-2002 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing - Higher rank coal - Caking and coking properties - Dilatation
    AS/NZS 2982.1:1997 Laboratory design and construction - General requirements
    AS 1774.32-2002 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Refractory products containing carbon - Test methods
    AS 1038.14.1-2003 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing Higher rank coal ash and coke ash - Major and minor elements - Borate fusion/flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (Reconfirmed 2013)
    AS 2434.5-2002 Methods for the analysis and testing of lower rank coal and its chars Lower rank coal and its chars - Determination of moisture in bulk samples of lower rank coal and in analysis samples of char (Reconfirmed 2013)
    AS 2715-2003 Heavy mineral sand concentrates - Determination of pH value
    AS 1038.23-2002 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing Higher rank coal and coke - Carbonate carbon
    AS 1774.31.1-2000 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Modulus of elasticity - Flexural method
    AS 1038.17-2000 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing Higher rank coal - Moisture-holding capacity (equilibrium moisture)
    AS 2879.10-2003 Alumina - Determination of attrition index
    AS 3515.2-2002 Gold and gold bearing alloys - Determination of gold content 30% to 99.5% - Gravimetric (fire assay) method
    AS 1038.22-1992 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing - Higher rank coal - Mineral matter and water of constitution
    AS 1038.1-2001 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing - Higher rank coal - Total moisture
    AS 1038.10.5.1-2003 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing Coal, coke and fly-ash - Trace elements - Determination of mercury content - Tube combustion method (Reconfirmed 2013)
    AS 2434.7-2002 Methods for the analysis and testing of lower rank coal and its chars Lower rank coal - Determination of moisture in the analysis sample
    AS 1774.7-2001 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods - Permeability to gases
    AS 1038.12.1-2002 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing - Higher rank coal - Caking and coking propertiese - Crucible swelling number
    AS 2503.5-2003 Refractories and refractory materials - Chemical analysis Chrome-bearing materials
    AS 1774.1-2000 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Determination of cold compressive strength (Reconfirmed 2013)
    AS 2879.9-2002 Alumina Determination of flow time
    AS 2489.5-2003 Methods for the analysis of zircon sand concentrates - Determination of zirconium plus hafnium content (Gravimetric method)
    AS 2434.4-2002 Methods for the analysis and testing of lower rank coal and its chars Dried lower rank coal and its chars - Determination of apparent density - Mercury displacement method
    AS 2879.1-2000 Alumina - Determination of loss of mass at 300 degrees Celsius and 1000 degrees Celsius
    AS 1774.3-2000 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Determination of cold modulus of rupture
    AS 1774.4.4-2001 Refractories and refractory materials - Physical test methods Preparation of test pieces - Mouldable refractories
    AS 2879.8-2000 Alumina Determination of bulk density
    AS 2434.9-2000 Method for the analysis and testing of lower rank coal and its chars Determination of four acid-extractable inorganic ions in lower rank coal
    AS 1038.10.4-2001 Coal and coke - Analysis and testing Determination of trace elements - Coal, coke and fly-ash - Determination of fluorine content - Pyrohydrolysis method (Reconfirmed 2013)
    View more information

    • Access your standards online with a subscription

      Features

      • Simple online access to standards, technical information and regulations
      • Critical updates of standards and customisable alerts and notifications
      • Multi - user online standards collection: secure, flexibile and cost effective