ENS 44933
ENS Event | |
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14:40 Mar 25, 2009 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Possible Overexposure of Employee |
| Event Description | On March 25, 2009, at 0940, the State of Texas was notified by a licensee that they had received a report from their dosimetry processor indicating that one of their employees had received greater than 1000 rad exposure for the month of February, 2009. The exposure record provided did not indicate whether the exposure was static or dynamic. The Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), who started this position in the first part of March, 2009, contacted the radiographer. The radiographer stated that she had not performed any operations with a radiography camera because she had hurt her knee. The radiographer stated that she had worked nine jobs, and all her work was done in the dark room. The RSO has made arrangements for the radiographer to have blood work done today, 3/25/09. The RSO stated that she had two other individuals who had received higher than normal readings but had not exceeded any limits. These individuals were reassigned to duties that will limit their exposure.
An Agency (state) investigator contacted the radiographer and asked her when in the month of February she had started wearing her badge. She stated that she began wearing the badge in the middle of February. She stated that she picked it up from a mail box at the company's office. She stated that she carried the badge with her in [her] lunch box when she was not wearing it and that no one else would have had access to the badge from this point on. She stated that no source disconnects had occurred at any of the work sites she was at in the month of February. She stated that she does not know how her badge could have received that much exposure, but she is sure she had not received that much exposure. She stated that she felt fine. Additional information will follow as it is received. Texas Incident Number: I-8622
The state received a fax which contained a copy of the blood work done on 3/26/09 for the individual involved from the licensee. Also included in the fax was a copy of blood work that was done on the individual on 2/25/09 prior to a medical procedure. Both samples returned very similar results and were considered normal by her physician. Notified R4DO (O'Keefe) and FSME (McIntosh).
The licensee has removed the exposure recorded on the individual's dosimeter and assigned a dose of 416 millirem for the exposure period. The licensee provided a copy of the dosimetry processor's report indicating the change in exposure. Notified R4DO (Gaddy) and FSME (McIntosh). |
| Where | |
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| Weld Spec, Inc Beaumont, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 05426 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.58 h-0.108 days <br />-0.0154 weeks <br />-0.00353 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Art Tucker 12:05 Mar 25, 2009 |
| NRC Officer: | John Knoke |
| Last Updated: | Apr 21, 2009 |
| 44933 - NRC Website | |
Weld Spec, Inc with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 449332009-03-25T14:40:00025 March 2009 14:40:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Possible Overexposure of Employee 2009-03-25T14:40:00 | |