PNO-III-87-140, on 871111,oiler on Feedwater Block Valve Exploded in Turbine Bldg,Injuring Two Workers.One Individual Taken to Local Hosp & Later Transferred to Kalamazoo,Mi Hosp for Surgery & Second Worker Treated at Plant

PNO-III-87-140:on 871111,oiler on Feedwater Block Valve Exploded in Turbine Bldg,Injuring Two Workers.One Individual Taken to Local Hosp & Later Transferred to Kalamazoo,Mi Hosp for Surgery & Second Worker Treated at Plant

ML20236N517
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	11/12/1987
From:	Burgess B, Guldemond W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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PNO-III-87-140, NUDOCS 8711160202
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. PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-III-87-140 Date November 12, 1987 i Tbs; preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety 'gpA or publictinterest significance. The information is as initially received without verificatitis or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region III n>O

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Facility: Consumers Power Company Licensee Emergency Classification-Palisades Notification of an Unusual Event i Covert, MI 49043 Alert

~ Site Area Emergency Docket No. 50-255 General Emergency  !

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Subject:

TWO WORKERS INJURED ,

Two workers were injured on November 11, 1987, when an oiler on a feedwater block valve exploded in the Turbine Building. The plant is shut down for maintenance.

The workers were observing the valve operation when they were struck by flying metal fragments from the oiler, a device used on.a compressed air line to remove contaminants from the air and add oil to the equipment. One individual was taken to a local hospital and

-later transferred to a Kalamazoo, Michigan, hospital for surgery to remove a fragment froa his cheek. The second worker was treated at the plant.

The licensee is investigating the cause of the explosion.

The State of Michigan will be informed.

Region III (Chicago) was informed of this incident at 9 a.m. (CST) on November 12, 1987.

This information is current as of 11 a.m., November 12, 1987.

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