What happens if somebody exceeds the dose limits?
The dose limits are prescribed by international agencies like ICRP and the limits are followed worldwide. There is sufficient built-in safety factor in the dose limit values that if by chance some worker exceeds the dose limits no harmful effects are expected to take place. However, such incidences give an opportunity for the management to review their operating procedures so as to maintain the exposures within the dose limits and as low as reasonable achievable.
