BBC&M Engineering,
Ohio License # 31210 25 0006, reported to ODH/BRP that a
Troxler moisture density gauge was
stolen from a tool trailer at a temporary job site sometime during the overnight period between Tuesday evening, 9/14/04, to Wednesday morning, 9/15/04.
Other work tools belonging to the licensee were also taken from the trailer. The theft was discovered when workers returned to work on Wednesday morning.
The job site was at the I-270/SR-161 highway construction site in northeast Columbus, Ohio. Police have been notified.
The gauge was a Troxler Model 3430, Serial number 21035, containing an 8 mCi Cs-137 source and a 40 mCi Am-241 source. The gauge was stored in its locked storage case and the source was locked within the device. The storage case was stored in a locked tool trailer at the work site and was chained to the frame of the trailer. The locks to the trailer and storage case were broken and the gauge was taken from the storage case.
OH report No.: OH040004