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RE: what is news and what is not
Jack,
I believe that this was an accident involving a medical accelerator used to
treat cancer patient. The facility I worked at was a free-standing, one
story building with a flat roof. The ladder was blocked by a locked chain
and a sign that said if you wanted access you had to contact the radiation
oncology branch. Of course, one could put up a ladder on the other side of
the building to gain access to the roof.
This was not a radiography operation.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com (H)
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack_Earley@RL.GOV [mailto:Jack_Earley@RL.GOV]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 6:19 PM
To: g2v13a@SWBELL.NET; sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET
Cc: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: RE: what is news and what is not
. . .
As I read this incident report, it strikes me that someone isn't performing
adequate surveys. It's not like buildings go up next door overnight. I
reference radiography training because I've never seen a radiography
training course for HPs or radiographers that didn't have people checking
upstairs, next door, and everywhere else to ensure there would be no
overexposures. You can't afford to design for every eventuality, but there's
no excuse for not performing adequate surveys and posting areas/installing
barriers accordingly.
. . .
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