At 0025 EST, on 02/19/12, a Williams contractor (carpenter) slipped in a puddle of water and fell backwards striking his head and back on the floor of the Turbine building. At 0030 EST, the Shift Manager requested on-site First Responders to report to the scene of the accident. The individual was assessed by Williams safety personnel and
SNC First Responders and then packaged for long spine immobilization. At 0101 EST the Shift manager requested Appling County 911 to transport the injured and potentially contaminated individual to Appling County Hospital for evaluation. At 0307 EST, the injured individual was surveyed and found not to be contaminated.
The licensee will be notifying the NRC Resident Inspector.
- * * UPDATE AT 1704 EST ON 02/19/12 FROM DANIEL KOMM TO S. SANDIN * * *
The licensee is retracting this report based on the following:
This notification of retraction is being made based on additional information provided by the Health Physics personnel that accompanied the individual to the hospital. Surveys were taken of the individual and clothing and there was no contamination present. Based on the unknown status of individual and clothing upon leaving the site, a notification was initially made as potentially contaminated. Based on the final information obtained at the hospital of no contamination present, the transport of this injured individual to the local hospital does not meet the reporting requirements of 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(xii) and is being retracted. The injured individual was assessed by medical staff and was released back to work without restrictions.
The licensee informed the NRC Resident Inspector. Notified R2DO (Desai).
