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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: Fri, 27-08-1993
ERF description: A special programme of urine sampling on a radiography inspector has confirmed a committed dose equivalent to bone surfaces of 628 mSv and a committed effective dose equivalent of 32.4 mSv following a puncture wound to his right elbow sustained during an inspection of a weld in a plutonium facility. The inspector had to lie on the floor to gain access to the weld and in so doing felt a sharp prick in his elbow. The wound was excised and about 1500 Bq of plutonium was removed from the wound site. It is believed that the wound was caused by a sliver of glass from a mirror which had been used by a welder requiring high quality optical instruments to achieve the required standard of weld. Welding procedures are under review as a result to find means of avoiding glass in contaminated areas.
Final assessment of dose was delayed by the administration of a chelating agent, DTPA, immediately following the wound to maximise plutonium excretion.
ERF rating date: 23-08-1993
ERF contact person: MR. C. PARTINGTON
ERF address: SEASCALE, CUMBRIA, United Kingdom
ERF affiliation: BNFL, SELLAFIELD

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