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Event Report Forms (ERFs) are filed to the IAEA. Sometimes there are multiple event reports, updating the rating, the event description. Here you only see the latest event report

ERF send date: Tue, 28-06-2016
ERF description: During the performance of industrial radiography, the licensee radiographer taped the radiography camera’s guide tube to a jig in preparation for an exposure shot. During the exposure shot, the guide tube fell and the radiographer re-taped it to the jig without first retracting the source back inside the camera. A re-enactment of the event demonstrated that the radiographer had placed his left hand on the camera's collimator and inserted his middle finger into its port hole. Based on the re-enactment, the licensee determined that the radiographer received an overexposure of 4.67 Gy (467 rad) to a finger on his left hand. The U.S. statutory limit for extremity doses is 0.5 Sv (50 rem). The finger appeared to have shown some slight redness, however, blood work results were determined to be normal. The dosimetry badge results revealed a whole body exposure of only 9.37 mSv (937 mrem), which is below the statutory limit of 0.05 Sv (5 rem). NRC EN51921
ERF rating date: 10-06-2016
ERF contact person: Patricia Milligan
ERF address: Reported by Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of United States of America on 28 Jun 2016. Last update on 28 Jun 2016
ERF affiliation: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

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