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RE: Worker exposed to 1,000 times higher-than-normal radiation
FranzSchoenhofer wrote:
<<Especially alarming are the circumstances: negligence and
without doubt breaching of rules like checking the presence of people.
Therefore I think that this is really noteworthy and a real accident. . .
.>>
Just a side note--
I know it's a bit narrow-minded on my part, but I don't even let my kids
describe as an accident something that is reasonably preventable. If someday
they tell me they've wrecked the car, that's what I'll expect to hear from
them, along with the "root cause" and proposed corrective action that will
prevent its recurrence. So "negligence" and "breaches of rules" don't
qualify for me as "accidents."
Jack Earley
Radiological Engineer
-----Original Message-----
From: Franz Schoenhofer [mailto:franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT]
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 10:51 PM
To: Sandy Perle; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Re: Worker exposed to 1,000 times higher-than-normal radiation
Private:
Franz Schoenhofer
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A-1160 Vienna, AUSTRIA
Phone: -43 699 11681319
e-mail: franz.schoenhofer@chello.at
Office:
MR Dr. Franz Schoenhofer
Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
Dep. I/8U, Radiation Protection
Radetzkystr. 2
A-1031 Vienna, AUSTRIA
phone: +43-1-71100-4458
fax: +43-1-7122331
e-mail: franz.schoenhofer@bmu.gv.at
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Sandy Perle <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>
An: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Datum: Dienstag, 25. Dezember 2001 01:50
Betreff: Re: Worker exposed to 1,000 times higher-than-normal radiation
> At 09:50 AM 12/24/01 -0800, Sandy Perle wrote:
> >
> >Japanese worker exposed to 1,000 times higher-than-normal radiation
> >
> >TOKYO, Dec. 21 (Kyodo) - A 34-year-old company employee was exposed
> >to 1,000 times the maximum annual permissible level of radiation at a
> >Tokyo
> hospital Friday while
> >setting up medical equipment, the science and technology ministry
> >said.
> **********************************************************************
> ****** *********** December 24, 2001
>
> Isn't that "permissible" level of 1 millisievert for a member of the
> public rather than a radiation instrument employee?
>
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Yes, it is, but the person was described in Sandy's posting as a person, who
normally has not worked with radiation, therefore he has to be regarded as a
member of the public.
On the other side, at least in most European Union countries the maximum
permissible dose is 20 mSv per year for radiation workers. Only in special
circumstances this dose may be as high as 50 mSv per year, provided that the
total dose during five years will not exceed 100 mSv.
1 Sv within a short time is clearly an exorbitant high dose, which is not to
be neglected. Especially alarming are the circumstances: negligance and
without doubt breaching of rules like checking the presence of people.
Therefore I think that this is really noteworthy and a real accident, not
comparable with a car accident. To comment, that he has not developed nausea
and therefore there is nothing special at all and it should not be mentioned
in the news - like one message on RADSAFE read - is not acceptable.
Franz
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