ENS Event | |
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07:00 Jun 5, 2015 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Damaged Moisture/Density Gauge |
| Event Description | The following report was received via e-mail:
A Troxler 3450 moisture density gauge was run over by a soft tire roller. The gauge housing was cracked open with no apparent damage to the source or shielding. The gauge was placed in its case and transported to the CTL lab in Tacoma. The sources are: 10 mCi Cs-137 and 50 mCi Am-241 Washington Incident: WA-15-017
A Troxler 3450 moisture density gauge was damaged by a soft tire roller at 2140 [PDT] Friday night, June 5th. The location was 15433 West Snoqualmie Valley Road, between Woodinville and Duvall near Carnation. The gauge housing was cracked open but there was no apparent damage to sources or shielding. The gauge was placed in its Type A package and transported to the licensee's facility in Puyallup. From there, the gauge was picked up by a gauge manufacture representative for repair and leak test. The incident occurred because the portable gauge operator turned away momentarily to speak with another construction worker and didn't see the roller getting close and making contact with the gauge. The licensee will be conducting additional training on constant control. There will be a citation for lack of constant surveillance and not notifying our office [Washington Office of Radiation Protection]. The actual notification we received was from the licensees customer, King County Materials Lab. Notified the R4DO (Werner) and NMSS Events Notification (via e-mail). |
| Where | |
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| King County Materials Lab Renton, Washington (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | WN-LO22-1 |
| Organization: | Wa Office Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+78.05 h3.252 days <br />0.465 weeks <br />0.107 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Stephen Matthews 13:03 Jun 8, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Jun 10, 2015 |
| 51138 - NRC Website | |
King County Materials Lab with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 511382015-06-05T07:00:0005 June 2015 07:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Damaged Moisture/Density Gauge 2015-06-05T07:00:00 | |