ENS 47861
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ENS Event | |
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02:00 Apr 24, 2012 | |
| Title | Contaminated Individual Required Medical Treatment |
| Event Description | Westinghouse Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) staff responded to an operator who was exposed to dilute nitric acid (30%) on the left forearm and left foot. Employee was cleaning scrubber piping in the conversion area of the plant when exposed to the nitric acid solution containing uranium. The employee was treated within the onsite medical facility where decontamination was performed. Medical, emergency response and health physics procedures were followed. Upon completion of the decontamination efforts, the smearable alpha reading was < 50 dpm/100 cm2 and alpha direct reading on forearm was 818 dpm/100 cm2, on foot direct alpha reading was 280 dpm/100 cm2. Medical staff recommended transfer to the hospital for further treatment. Westinghouse followed contaminated injury protocols and had the employee transported to the hospital emergency room via ambulance. A Westinghouse health physics (HP) technician accompanied the employee to the hospital. Surveys were conducted of the ambulance and all results were below established limits. Material Safety Data Sheets for the nitric acid and uranium were provided to the hospital in accordance with procedures. Hospital report describes injury as, 'irritation noted over the left forearm as well as over the left anterior part of the foot and dorsal part of the foot ...some mild orange discoloration noted to these areas.' Employee was monitored for a period of time, given treatment for pain, and then released from the hospital.
Immediate Actions: Initial investigation into the event is ongoing. This event has been entered into the Facility Corrective Action Process Issue # 12-115-001. Local county authorities and state authorities are aware of this event. |
| 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:+11.8 h0.492 days <br />0.0702 weeks <br />0.0162 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Gerard Couture 13:48 Apr 24, 2012 |
| NRC Officer: | Howie Crouch |
| Last Updated: | Apr 24, 2012 |
| 47861 - NRC Website | |
Westinghouse Electric Corporation with 10 CFR 70.50(b)(3) | ||
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