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| ENS 56737 | 13 September 2023 16:47:00 | The following was reported by the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control (BRC) via email: (The branch administrator and vice president) of Ardaman & Associates, called the BRC at 1030 EDT to report a stolen moisture density gauge. Their technician was at a job site where he says there are two entrances, but not much security to check who comes and goes. Before doing his readings, he noticed a truck parked close by but did not make anything of it since there are other workers on site. After he was done he went to the trailer to get his reports and left the gauge outside. A few minutes later he says someone came to notify him they saw an individual from the truck take possession of the gauge and drive off the site. They called the police to report the stolen Troxler gauge, serial number 36530 model 3430. Police report number to follow." Florida Incident Number: FL23-143 THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Less than Cat 3' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| ENS 56546 | 31 May 2023 11:22:00 | The following information was provided by the Florida Department of Health Bureau of Radiation Control (BRC) via email: The Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) for Santa Rosa Medical Center, called the BRC to report an incident which occurred on Sunday 5/28/23. A technician was performing a lung scan on a patient and accidentally grabbed the wrong dose. The patient received 4 mCi of Tc-99 before the technician realized her mistake; whole dose would have been 10 mCi. The radiologist and the patient were both made aware of the incident. Licensing and technology is being asked to further investigate this incident. The following additional information was obtained from the RSO: The prescribed dose was 10 mCi of Tc-99 tagged for lung scan while the administered dose of Tc-99 was tagged for the liver. The total body effective dose equivalent to the patient was 80 mrem. Florida Incident Number: FL23-082 A Medical Event may indicate potential problems in a medical facility's use of radioactive materials. It does not necessarily result in harm to the patient. |
| ENS 56061 | 22 August 2022 09:04:00 | The following information was provided by the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control (BRC) via email: On 8/20/2022 at approximately 2130 EDT, the RSO for Rummel, Klepper and Kahl, LLP (RK & K) called the BRC to report that two moisture density gauges were stolen from their facility. They noticed the missing gauges sometime this evening and immediately contacted the BRC and the Orlando Police Department (OPD). At the time of the call, the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) was only able to provide the serial number for both gauges (24588 & 23489) but no additional information as OPD was on site making a report. A follow-up call is scheduled to gather further details. Follow-up with the RK & K RSO on 8/22/22: RK & K has two field office trailers located in a yard in Orlando , FL, which is operated by CSX Transportation. On the evening of Saturday 8/20/22, at approximately 2000 EDT, CSX maintenance noticed the fence and lock chains were cut and contacted the senior project engineer. He arrived at the facility around 2045 EDT and noticed the Conex was breached with two gauges missing. They have video of the vehicle entering the complex, but, unfortunately, the plates were taken off. A report was filed with Orlando Police Department. Report #2022-00288935. An inspector will be stopping by the facility today for further investigation. FL Incident Number: FL22-098 THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Less than Cat 3' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |