Radiography Testing RT Test- Severe radiation injury to Untrained Worker article from AERB
Radiography Testing RT Test - Severe radiation injury to Untrained Worker article from AERB - Information issued by Dr.P.K.Dash Sharma Head, Industrial Applications, Transport & Waste Management Section (IATWMS) Radiological Safety Division Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Niyamak Bhavan , Anushaktinagar Mumbai – 400 094 (INDIA) Please note about the recent recent incident of radiation injury and lesson to learn from the incident during Radiography Inspection . INCIDENT - An UNTRAINED worker was engaged by a company to use Radiography Camera having 30 Ci of Ir-192 Source. - The person was neither radiographer nor trainee, so no knowledge of radiation safety. - NO TLD badges / NO SURVEY METER / NO POCKET DOSIMETER was given to the worker. - The pigtail along with the radioactive source was decoupled in the guide tube. - The worker noticed it only