This report was received by the State of
Texas via e-mail:
On November 8, 2018, the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] received notification from a licensee's radiation safety officer that a gauge was found in the stuck open position on a blender truck at a well site. The gauge was checked and the shutter arm was broken off. The shutter was adjusted into the closed position and removed from the truck. The gauge is in storage until repaired. Another gauge was mounted to the truck. The gauge was manufactured by Berthold, model 8010, serial 12097, with source serial number 0108/12, isotope Cs-137, activity 20 mCi. The gauge will be sent to the manufacture for repair. No exposures were reported or expected from the position the gauge was mounted and used during the frac operation. Update will be sent in accordance with SA-300.
Texas Incident #: I-9633