ML17251A934

Ro:On 880209,health Physics Technician Got Slightly Contaminated About Face & Head.Caused by Technician Falling Approx 15 Ft Inside Containment Vessel Loop Reactor Coolant Pump B Seal Area.Technician Taken to Hosp & Decontaminated

ML17251A934
Person / Time
Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	02/10/1988
From:	SNOW B A ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
References
RTR-NUREG-0654, RTR-NUREG-654 NUDOCS 8802160299
Download: ML17251A934 (3)

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REGULI JRY I NFORN*TION DISTR IBUT I.SYSTEN (RIDS)ACCESSION hlBR FACIL: 50-244 AUTH.NAt'lE StlQ(QJ B.A.REC IP.NAt'fE 880216029'P DOC.DATE: 88/02/10 NQTAR I ZED: NO DOCViE t Robert Emmet Ginna NucleaT Plant Unit ii Rochester G 05000244 AUTHOR AFF I L I*T I QM Rochester Qas 5 Electric Corp., RECIPIENT AFFILIATION Document Control Branch (Document Control Desk)

SUBJECT:

Forwards 4clloe-up summary of close-out for 880209 unusual event per NUREG-0654 rep oT t ing requirementsi"C 1 ose-out or Class Reduction Conditions.

DISTf<IDVTIOfw CODE.IEEED COPIES RECEIVED: LTR l ENCL!SIZE 1 ITLE: 50.73 Li censee Event Repor t (LER)i Incident Rptf etc.hlOTEB: License Exp date in accordance ei th 10CFR2i 2.'L09(5'/19/72).

05000244 RFC IP I':h.'T l)i CODE NANE PDi-3 LA BTAHLE (.-COPIES LTTR ENCL 1 1 REC IP IENl ID CODE/NANE PD1-3 PD COPIES LTTR ENCL 1: ti TER l"AL: ACRB jj I CHt LBQN AEQD/DQW AEQD/DSP/RQAB ARN/DCTB/DAB NRR/DEBT/ADB WRR/DEBT/Et B NRR/DEBT/tfEB NRR/DEBT/PBB ERR/DEBT/SGB NRR/DLPG/GAB NRR/DREF'i'<AB 8/8:B REQ F I LE 02 t./E 11 RGN1 F 1 E Oi 1 1 1 1 1 C C C f 1 1 0 1 1 1 C 1 S J.1 ACRS t'IQELLER AEOD/DBP/NAS AEQD/DBP/TPAH DEDRO NRR/DEBT/CEB NRR/DEBT/I CBB NRR/DEBT/NTB ERR/DESl'/RSB NRR/DLPG/HFB NRR/DOEA/EAH NRR/DREP/RPB NRR/PMA./ILRB RES TELFORDi S REB/DRPS DIR 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.1 1 1 1 Ep.'TERNAL:

EGbQ QROHit'I H BT LOBBY rlARD NRC P Dk!NBIC ilAYB G 5 1 1 1 FORD DLDQ HOY I A LPDR NSIC HARB IS>J TOTAL NUNBER OF COPIES REQUIRED" LTTR 46 ENCL,45 Rochester Gas and El ic Corp.U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 February 10, 1988 Attachment To Close-out Of Februar 9 1988 Unusual Event R.E.Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Docket No.50-244 On February 9, 1988 at approximately 1032 EST with the Reactor in the Refueling Shutdown Mode a contract Health Physics Technician fell approximately fifteen feet inside of the containment vessel in the"B" Loop Reactor Coolant Pump Seal area.At 1033 EST the Control Room was notified of the event and a medical emergency was declared inside the containment vessel,"B" Reactor Coolant Pump Seal Platform area.The onsite medical response team responded to the medical emergency scene and the plant doctor and ambulance were called.The onsite medical response team gave the injured person emergency first aid treatment and placed him on a backboard because of a potential back injury.At 1052 EST the ambulance arrived onsite and at 1059 EST the plant doctor arrived onsite.After consultation between the doctor and ambulance crew it was decided to transport the injured person to Rochester General Hospital prior to removing his anti-contamination clothing and performing any needed decontamina-tion because of his potential injuries.A plant Health Physics Technician was to accompany the ambulance crew for radiation and contamination control both during transport and at the hospital contamination wing.At 1115 EST the Operations Shift Supervisor declared an Unusual Event in accordance with SC-100,"Ginna Station Event Evaluation and Classification," EAL: Contaminated injury;transportation of externally contaminated injured individual to a hospital.All offsite notifications were made per SC-601,"Unusual Event Notification." At 114 1 EST the ambulance departed the site with the ambulance crew and a plant Health Physics Technician enroute to Rochester General Hospital contamination wing.With the medical emergency terminated and the injured person at the hospital, the Operations Shift Supervisor, with approval of the Superintendent

-Ginna Station declared the Unusual Event terminated at 1213 EST in accordance with SC-110,"Ginna Station Event Evaluation for Reducing the Classification." A report f rom the hospital by the Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation corporate Health Physicist indicated the injured person was slightly contaminated about the face and head (i.e.background was 50 cpm with 100-200 cpm about the face and head).The injured person was decontaminated at Rochester General Hospital's contamination wing and transported to Strong Memorial Hospital for further treatment.

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~89 EAST AVENUE, ROCHESTER, N.Y.14649-0001 f I+w(5N i$$i o$~ci Z~QO February 10, 1988 U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

Subject:

Follow-up Summary of Close-out of February 9, 1988 Unusual Event R.E.Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Docket No.50-244 In accordance with NUREG 0654 reporting requirements which requires a written summary of"Close-out or Class Reduction Conditions," the attached close-out summary for the February 9, 1988 Unusual Event is hereby submitted.

This event has in no way affected the public's health and safe"y.Very truly yours,/~1fruce A.Snow Superintendent of Nuclear Production Attachment xc: U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Ginna USNRC Resident Inspector