United Kingdom radiography accident, 1977 (original) (raw)

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**Date:**1977

**Location:**United Kingdom

**Type of event:**industrial radiography accident

Description:

An operator was performing radiography of a weld in a confined space and held the iridium-192 source in his hand for 90 seconds, resulting in radiation burns on three fingers.

**Consequences:**1 injury.

References:

• UNSCEAR, 2000, "Annex E: Occupational radiation exposures," in Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation: United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation UNSCEAR 2000 Report to the General Assembly, with Scientific Annexes, Volume I: Sources, UNSCEAR, on line at UNSCEAR [http://www.unscear.org/docs/reports/annexe.pdf].

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