ENS 55412
ENS Event | |
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06:30 Aug 17, 2021 | |
| Title | Medical Treatment with Contamination |
| Event Description | On August 17, 2021, at approximately 0230 [EDT], a Westinghouse employee was washing piping over a container of nitric acid in the Conversion Decontamination Area. The piping fell into the container of nitric acid and employee reached into the container to retrieve the piping and received nitric acid burns to hands and left wrist. Appropriate treatment for exposure to nitric acid was provided by on-site medical response staff. With an abundance of caution, after review with on-site medical, the employee was transported to an off site medical facility [Prisma Hospital]. Per procedure the employee's hands and arm were wrapped in plastic, and the employee was transported to an off site medical facility accompanied by plant health physics personnel for evaluation.
Contamination was detected on the exposed area of the employee's skin during Health Physics surveys. Direct survey results were 1500 dpm/100 cm squared alpha for the left hand and 900 dpm/100 cm squared alpha for the right hand. All smear results of the exposed area were below clean area limits (<200 dpm/100 cm squared). Contamination surveys were performed in the ambulance and at the hospital and all results were below clean area limits indicating no spread of contamination during care for the employee. All potentially contaminated materials associated with the issue were collected and returned to the [Commercial Fuel Fabrication Facility] CFFF for disposal. Operator was provided with over the counter medication and released. The task that the employee was performing required a chemical suit, chemical gloves, fresh air bubble hood, chemical boots, and required taping the gloves to the sleeve of the acid suit jacket with chemical tape. After inspection of employee's personal protective equipment, its was noted that chemical tape was not applied to the gloves which enabled the nitric acid solution to enter the left glove and acid suit sleeve when employee reached into the nitric acid container. NRC Regional staff was notified. |
| Where | |
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| Westinghouse Electric Corporation Columbia, South Carolina (NRC Region 2) | |
| License number: | SNM-1107 |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 70.50(b)(3) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+12.75 h0.531 days <br />0.0759 weeks <br />0.0175 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Elise Malek 19:15 Aug 17, 2021 |
| NRC Officer: | Kerby Scales |
| Last Updated: | Aug 17, 2021 |
| 55412 - NRC Website | |
Westinghouse Electric Corporation with 10 CFR 70.50(b)(3) | ||
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