ML20213D166

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PNO-I-80-40:on 800312,control Operator Injured While Attempting to Free Air Injector Gas Valve When Valve Opened & Caught Right Hand Between Valve Body & Position Indicator. Sustained Gash Between Thumb & Index Finger
ML20213D166
Person / Time
Site: Peach Bottom Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 03/12/1980
From: Brunner E, Keimig R
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
References
PNO-I-80-040, PNO-I-80-40, NUDOCS 8004240241
Download: ML20213D166 (1)


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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION Date: March 12, 1980 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNU5UAL OCCURRENCE--PNO"I-80-40 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notico of events of POSSIBLE saf ety or_publi_c _ interest signi ficance.

The informatlon presented is as initially received without verifichion nr evaluation and is basically all that is' known by IE starf on this date 2

Facility. Philadelphia Electric Company Peach Botton: Unit 2 (DN 50-277) g i

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INJURY TO WORKER DURING UNIT 2 STARn!P Sb a

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At about 6:55 a.m. un March 17, 1980, a control operator was injured gli3e ro

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investigating an air ejector off gas valve on Unit 2 which was stuck WthFclosed, q position.

lie was attenipting tn free the valve when the valve opened arg caught his right hand between the valve body and valvo por.ition indicator.

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sustained a deep gar.h hetween hit thumb and index finger and was transportM to:a J

hospital via ambulance.

There was no radioactive contamination involved ingthe

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accident.

The NRC lieadquarters, Duty Officer was informed via OPX telephone at approximately

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.= Media interer.t is possible because of sensitivity to nuclear power issues. The

' Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has been informed.

A press release is not planned.

by the licensee or NRC at this time.

MRC Region I received notification of this occurrence by telephone from the Resident inspector at 8:00 a.m. on March 12, 1980.

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Contact:

R. R. Keimig 488-1752

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Commissioner llendric N. M. Haller, MPA Region III ACR5 R. G. Ryan. 05P Region IV,_

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11. K. Shapar, ELD Region y C. C. Kammercr, CA (for Dir.tribution)

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R1 Resident Sites J. G. Davis, NHSS

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PHILLIPS BLDG R. Budnitz, RES

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O. R. Muller, NRR I.ANDOW DLDG (Fax by HQ)

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R. J. Mattson, NRR (6 MIN /PAGE)

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R~ Minogue. SD D. Vassallo, NRR J. J. Cumaings, 01A IE:X005 O. Eisenhut, NRR PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION Region I Form 83a (Rev. January 1930)

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