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05:00 Apr 3, 2014
Title	Texas Agreement State Report - Stuck Radiography Source
Event Description	The following information was obtained from the State of Texas via email: The licensee called to report that a radiography crew had damaged the source guide tube of their QSA 880D industrial radiography camera. The incident occurred at a temporary job site near Beeville, Texas. The crew was working in some elevated pipe racks and had used a rope to suspend the camera. The knot on the rope came loose, dropping the camera to the ground. The camera landed on the source guide tube crimping it and preventing the retraction of the radiography source which was extended into the collimator. A second radiography crew on the site secured their camera and placed it on the collimator to shield the source. The radiographers then called an RSO in Deer Park, Texas and another in Corpus Christi, Texas to get advice and instruction to secure the source. The crew then dragged the camera to a shielded location behind a concrete pillar. Two radiographer trainees were assigned to maintain a perimeter around the camera to prevent access by unmonitored individuals. The radiographers were able to use pliers to un-crimp the source guide tube and return the source to its shielded position. No radiography personnel received overexposures due to this event. Texas Incident # I-9177

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Where
Hi-Tech Testing Services Beeville, Texas (NRC Region 4)
License number:	L05021
Organization:	Texas Department Of Health
Reporting

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Time - Person (Reporting Time:+37.3 h1.554 days <br />0.222 weeks <br />0.0511 months <br />)
Opened:	Robert Free 18:18 Apr 4, 2014
NRC Officer:	Howie Crouch
Last Updated:	Apr 4, 2014
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