This incident was originally reported in
Event Notification#44159 by the licensee due to the uncertainty of the location of the potential
overexposure.
The State provided the following information via facsimile:
On April 23 2008, [DELETED] (RSO) with Global X-Ray & Testing (GXT) reported an excessive exposure on an industrial radiographer's badge. Landauer contacted GXT and reported that a badge had a reading over 1000 rads. The radiographer in question was interviewed by [DELETED] and a LA Department of Environmental Quality inspector. The radiographer was very shocked to hear of the excessive exposure. He was asked if anything unusual occurred during the month. The radiographer did not think anyone exposed the badge intentionally. The radiographer did state that he could not find his badge one morning on a job that occurred on March 20 - 24, 2008. The radiographer had a physical and blood work performed. The physical included CBC and total Lymphocyte count. The blood work came back within normal limits. This incident is still under investigation by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
Louisiana Report: LA080008