The following information was received from the State of
Louisiana via email:
On 04/01/2013 [the] RSO for NVI [Nondestructive & Visual Inspection], notified the Department [Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality] that his personnel monitoring processing company, Landauer, notified him that one of his monitors was processed with a result of 108 R exposure. The monitor was assigned to an individual who had been terminated at the beginning of February 2013 for chemical dependency. The individual could not be directly contacted and the monitor was missing for the month of February. The monitor appeared in the cab of a rig truck for radiography. The employee had not been employed or working in a radiation environment for NVI about 2-3 weeks when the monitor surfaced. Attempts were made to make contact with the individual, but [there was] no response.
[The RSO] stated that he was trying to reach the individual to provide him with medical assistance. At a minimum, he wanted to do blood work Cytogenetics/Biodosimetry on the individual. This is a possible but, not probable excessive exposure to this individual.
At 8:00 AM on 04/02/2013 [the RSO] called to update the Department and stated that the individual returned his call at [11:00 PM] on 04/01/2013 and consented to accept the medical assistance. The employee has not been sick or had any visible signs of radiation sickness. The trip to a physician office and a call to REACTS in Oak Ridge, TN set up the process for Monday April 8, 2013. The process needs fresh blood within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> for the test. At this time, the Department considers this incident pending the outcome of the test.
LA Event Report ID: LA-120014