ENS 45818

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v t e ENS Event
05:00 Apr 7, 2010
Title	Agreement State - Radiography Truck Involved in Auto Accident
Event Description	On April 7, 2010 at approximately 1430 CST the Incident Investigation Program was notified by the licensee's Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) that one of the licensee's trucks carrying a camera with a 24 curie Iridium (Ir) 192 source had been involved in a car accident around 1300 CST that same day. The RSO stated that the radiography truck had collided head on with a tractor-trailer on a highway approximately 8-10 miles east of Kosse, Texas. One of the radiographers was fatally wounded and the other was rushed to the hospital. Consequently, no one was able to perform a survey to verify the source was intact in the camera as well as secure the camera. The RSO stated that the Robinson County Emergency Management Coordinator was on the scene along with police and fire personnel, as well as Texas Department of Transportation. The RSO stated that none of the emergency personnel responding were equipped with a radiation survey meter to verify the source locale. The RSO stated that the Site Radiation Safety Officer was en route to the scene to perform a survey and retrieve the camera, but he was almost two hours away. The Emergency Management Coordinator had cordoned off the area around the radiography camera. I contacted an Agency investigator who was near the area performing field work, and he agreed to go by the location and perform a survey because he could be there within 45 minutes. At approximately 1630, the investigator arrived on the scene and performed his survey. The investigator stated that it appeared the source was still housed in the camera and that the highest dose rate was 2.2 millirems/hour near the camera. The site RSO arrived on the scene, and the investigator briefed him on the survey. The information was passed to the RSO and he agreed to submit a report to the Agency. Texas Incident #: I-8728

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Where
Team Industrial Services Alvin, Texas (NRC Region 4)
License number:	00087
Organization:	Texas Department Of Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+12.77 h0.532 days <br />0.076 weeks <br />0.0175 months <br />)
Opened:	Annie Backhaus 17:46 Apr 7, 2010
NRC Officer:	Charles Teal
Last Updated:	Apr 7, 2010
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