PNO-V-87-038, on 870513,female Air Lock Operator Received Injury to Neck While Opening Air Lock Door to Transfer Matl from Containment.Operator Transported Offsite for Medical Attention.No Serious Injuries or Contamination Found

PNO-V-87-038:on 870513,female Air Lock Operator Received Injury to Neck While Opening Air Lock Door to Transfer Matl from Containment.Operator Transported Offsite for Medical Attention.No Serious Injuries or Contamination Found

ML20214J049
Person / Time
Site:	Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date:	05/14/1987
From:	Hooker C, Yuhas G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
To:
References
PNO-V-87-038, PNO-V-87-38, NUDOCS 8705270610
Download: ML20214J049 (1)

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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--Ph0-V-87-38 Date

05/14/87

This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or

, public interest significance. The information presented is as initially received without vsrification' or evaluation and is basically all that is known by Region V staff on this date.

2 FACILITY: Portland General Electric Co. Licensee Emergency Classification Trojan XX Notification of Unusual Event i '

Docket No. 50-344 Alert Portland, Oregon Site Area Emergency General Emergency Not Applicable j

SUBJECT:

TRANSPORT OF A POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED, INJURED INDIVIDUAL OFFSITE On May 13, 1987, at 6:11 pm (EDT), the licensee reported an Unusual Event, to the Hudquarters Operations Officer by telephone, in regard to a potentially contaminated injured individual who had to be transported offsite for medical attention due to a neck injury. On May 13,-1987, at 5:53 pm (EDT), a female air lock operator opened the air lock door at 93' level to transfer some material out of containment, and while doing so, the air lock door, by gravity, swung on to her neck. She opened the air lock door by herself and i she reported feeling dizzy, which the licensee felt could be due to possible head injuries.

The licensee performed a frontal radiation survey of her and transferred her, via ambulance, to St. John's Hospital in Longview, Washington, pursuant to their Emergency Plan Procedures.

i Subsequent radiation surveys indicated no contamination of the individual, ambulance or the

hsspital. X-rays at the hospital indicated no serious injury to the individual.

i Unusual Event terminated at 6:37 pm (EDT).

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! The licensee has issued a prest, release.

I This information is current as of 9:35 am (PDT), May 14, 1987.

CONTACT: C. Hooker G. Yuhas j FTS 463-3784 FTS 463-3748 1

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