ENS 49623
ENS Event | |
|---|---|
07:00 Dec 10, 2013 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Potential Overexposure to Radiographer and Member of the Public |
| Event Description | The following information was obtained from the State of Texas via email:
The owner of J-CAP manufacturing [located in Seminole, TX] reported at 14:10 CST [on 12/11/13] that an incident [involving industrial radiography of a pressure vessel occurred at his facility on December 10, 2013]. Individual reported that his site foreman was working with the industrial radiographer who was performing radiography of a pressure vessel. The radiographer approached the source collimator to change the film and the radiographer realized the source was still in the open - exposed position. The amount of exposure is still in question and the site foreman was escorted by his employer to the hospital for evaluation. The employee reported he was in the area for 5- 8 minutes and approximately 12-24 inches from the source. The employee was not working for the industrial radiography company, thus this is an exposure to the public. The radiographer also received a dose. The Radiation Safety Officer for Wilco NDT [licensed in Farmington, NM] was contacted by the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] to verify the incident. RSO for Wilco NDT reported that he contacted the State of New Mexico to report the incident and is currently working on sending [the radiographer's] monitoring badge to be read. RSO is still trying to contact his radiographer and review details of the incident. A calculated dose for the time period of 8 minutes with a distance of 1 foot from the Ir-192 source with 67 curies of activity was 40 rem/8 minutes. Investigation is ongoing and further details will be supplied as in accordance with SA300. Texas Incident #: I-9142
On December 13, 2013, at 1632 hours0.0189 days <br />0.453 hours <br />0.0027 weeks <br />6.20976e-4 months <br /> [CST], the licensee notified the Agency [that] their dosimetry processor had completed reading the radiographers' badges. One badge read 34 millirem DDE, and the other 30 millirem, DDE. Two Agency inspectors are scheduled to interview all parties involved in the event [on] Tuesday, December 17, 2013. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300. Notified R4DO (Werner) and FSME EO (Holian).
The following information was obtained from the State of Texas via email: Update to Event 49623: The initial report stated a possible public exposure of 40 rem, upon further investigation and interviews the dose was much lower. The dose for whole body was calculated to be 515 mrem for the public exposure and 2.06 rem for the radiographer's exposure in 5 minutes of exposure time. The initial report was stated that Wilco NDT reported the incident to State of New Mexico and State of Texas. During investigation [it] was understood that Wilco NDT did not report to any Agency. The J-Cap Manufacturing company reported the incident. The incident is not an immediate report event after complete investigation. . . Notified R4DO (Spitzberg) and FSME EO (Holian). |
| Where | |
|---|---|
| Wilco Ndt Farmington, New Mexico (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | IR470-05 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+32.53 h1.355 days <br />0.194 weeks <br />0.0446 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Irene Casares 15:32 Dec 11, 2013 |
| NRC Officer: | John Shoemaker |
| Last Updated: | Jan 21, 2014 |
| 49623 - NRC Website | |
Wilco Ndt with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 533302018-04-12T05:00:00012 April 2018 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Texas Agreement State Report - Radiography Camera Pigtail Connector Failed ENS 496232013-12-10T07:00:00010 December 2013 07:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Potential Overexposure to Radiographer and Member of the Public 2018-04-12T05:00:00 | |