ENS 43993
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01:30 Feb 19, 2008 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report Involving a Vehicle Accident While Transporting a Radiography Camera |
| Event Description | The following report was received via email from the State of Texas:
At 8:04 p.m., Radiation Control (RC) was contacted through the 24-hour Radiological Emergency Assistance telephone number by San Jacinto Emergency Management, reporting a car accident in San Jacinto County, on Highway 59, north of Houston, where a company was transporting a radioactive camera which was thrown from the truck onto the roadside. The Emergency Management representative reported that there was no leakage from the camera and that the driver sustained minor injuries. They did not have the company's name or any additional information on the radioactive source and was following instructions to make the initial notification to the State. The Emergency Management representative said they would call back with additional information. The Emergency Management representative called back and relayed the following information: Company/Licensee: National Inspection Services - out of Crowley, TX The Emergency Management representative reported that the Cleveland Haz-Mat team was handling the incident, but did not have any contact information for them. RC placed a call to the company contact, who informed RC that he was enroute from Sulphur, LA and would be on-site in 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br />. He gave me the name and the telephone number of the Haz-Mat chief on-site. He also said another company supervisor was enroute from Lafayette, LA and would be there ~1 hour. RC then called the Haz-Mat chief on-site, who reported that they surveyed with a Victoreen 6A series survey meter on the x100, x10 and x1 scales and got no readings of any radiation leakage. He said the camera was intact but out of its transport container. He informed RC that they were going to transport it back to the station. RC asked him for the manufacturer's information on the camera. The chief said he had it an ice cooler, with styrofoam overpack in the back of his truck and to call him back ~ 3 minutes for the information. Meanwhile RC called the company representative from Lafayette, had the camera information: Mfg.: SPEC 150 Ir-192 camera with ~ 30 Ci source. He said that a Level II Radiographer was also in the company vehicle and was on the accident scene with the chief and could answer any questions. He also said the Texas Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) was contacted and would get with RC. He said the truck was a complete loss, the darkroom broke apart off of the truck and the camera was thrown out of the darkroom. He said the Level II Radiographer followed their O&E procedures for handling the recovery and securing of the camera. He said the camera would be picked up tonight by the company representative from Sulphur and would be sent off to SPEC in the morning for leak testing. I reminded him of the written notification as a follow-up to the telephone notification. He did not know off-hand their Texas Radioactive Materials License (RAML) number. RC called the chief back right away, whose information concurred with the company representative's. RC then asked to speak with the Radiographer, who confirmed that he oversaw the camera recovery, examination and radiation surveying and concurred that the camera was neither damaged nor leaking. RC told him and the chief that in keeping with Increased Controls (IC), to have the Radiographer travel with the camera when it is transported back to the fire station, so that visual control of the camera is maintained by the licensee. RC also asked that the company representative from Sulphur, LA contact RC when they picked up the camera and the employee. RC placed a call back to the other company representative from Lafayette and relayed the same information to him. He agreed to call me back as soon as he had secured them both. RC followed up with a resolution summation call to San Jacinto Emergency Management. I will await the camera secured-confirmation call from Joe. At 11:04 p.m. (CST) RC received the telephone call from the Haz-Mat employee that the camera and company employee were both picked up. 02/19/08, camera verification information from licensee @ 9:49 a.m.: Mfg: SPEC Model: 150 Serial No.: 875 or 820 Source: Ir-192 25 Ci Mfg.: SPEC Serial No.: OH2913 Last leak test: 01/31/08 Texas Incident #: I-8484 |
| Where | |
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| National Inspection Services Llc Crowley, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | L05930 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10.87 h0.453 days <br />0.0647 weeks <br />0.0149 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Latischa Hanson 12:22 Feb 19, 2008 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Feb 19, 2008 |
| 43993 - NRC Website | |
National Inspection Services Llc with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report Involving a Vehicle Accident While Transporting a Radiography Camera 2008-02-19T01:30:00 | |