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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENS 49945 | 21 March 2014 08:30:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Radiography Camera with Stuck Source | The following Ohio Bureau of Radiation Protection report was received via facsimile: The (Ohio) Bureau of Radiation Protection (BRP) was notified by the licensee's corporate RSO (Radiation Safety Officer) at 1505 (EDT) on 3/21/2014, about an incident involving a stuck radiography source. The incident took place at 0430 on 3/21/2014. Crew members were performing radiography in a boiler penthouse in Aberdeen, Ohio, when a magnetic stand fell over and crimped the source guide tube while the source was still out. Crew members called the RSO at their Woodlawn, Ohio (location), who instructed them to survey and post the area and control access until he arrived. The Woodlawn RSO arrived at the site around 0900, shielded the source and was able to bend the guide tube so the source could be retracted back into the camera. The source was safely (positioned) back into the camera around 0945 on 3/21/14. Because licensee personnel wear Instadose dosimetry badges by Mirion Technologies, the Woodlawn RSO was able to determine that the exposure he received from this source retrieval activity was 159 mRem. The licensee understands they are responsible to provide a written report to the BRP within 30 days. The radiography device is a QSA 880 Delta camera with a 27 Ci Ir192 source. Ohio State BRP Incident Report: #2014-006. | ||
| ENS 47150 | 22 July 2011 20:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Attempted Break-In on Truck Containing a Radiography Camera | The following report was received via e-mail: On July 22, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., (the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality) received a call from Team Industrial, that there was an attempted break in on a radiography crew's truck, while staying at a hotel in Belle Chasse, LA. It was around 9:30 p.m. on July 21, 2011, when the crew heard the alarm on the truck go off. They came out to see what happened and saw two men take off. There was nothing taken and they called the local law enforcement. However, there was no video surveillance footage available. The crew moved to another hotel with video surveillance in the area of the IR (Industrial Radiography) truck. The crew came from the Team office in Gonzales, LA. | ||
| ENS 43519 | 25 July 2007 09:30:00 | Agreement State | Source Stuck Outside of Radiography Camera | Team Industrial was performing radiography at the Sinclair Refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma approximately 25 feet above the ground. During the exposure, the camera fell approximately 3-4 feet onto scaffolding. The fall damaged the ball joint connecting the source to the retraction wire i.e. the source will not retract. The RSO has contacted their corporate office and is contracting with a source retrieval company. The area has been secured and cordoned off. Inability to enter this area does not affect continued refinery operation. The radiography technician received a dose of 40 mR during this incident. Source: 27 Ci Ir-192 Camera: Amersham 880D |