ENS Event | |
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22:00 Jun 3, 2004 | |
| Title | Vehicle Accident While Carrying a Nuclear Gauge |
| Event Description | A pickup truck used by the licensee during inspection services loaded with a Troxler gauge was involved in an accident. The pickup truck hit a tree and its top came loose, along with its contents, landing in an area away from the pickup. A Troxler gauge, inside its storage box, was one of the items tossed out of the pickup truck. The pickup truck caught on fire after the accident. The technician was injured during the accident and was subsequently taken to a local hospital in Springport, MI.
The burnt pickup truck was hauled away to a storage place along with the top with its contents. The Troxler gauge is inside its storage box and does not appear to be damaged. The gauge is a Troxler Model 3430, S/N 75-6542, 8 millicuries Cs-137 and 40 millicuries of Am-241/Be. The licensee's Radiation Safety Officer intends to retrieve the gauge, perform a leak test and return the gauge to the manufacturer. The licensee was requested to call the Operations Center with an update of the leak test results. |
| Where | |
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| Fleis And Vanderbrink Grand Rapids, Michigan (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 2126580-01 |
| Organization: | Fleis And Vanderbrink |
| Reporting | |
| Information Only | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.13 h-0.0888 days <br />-0.0127 weeks <br />-0.00292 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Paul Galdes 19:52 Jun 3, 2004 |
| NRC Officer: | Arlon Costa |
| Last Updated: | Jun 3, 2004 |
| 40790 - NRC Website | |
Fleis And Vanderbrink with Information Only | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 407902004-06-03T22:00:0003 June 2004 22:00:00
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