Review of Records by Inspectors

[schadt@interserv.com]

RadSafers -- Kent Lambert mentioned the problems he has had with 
one inspector messing up his committee minutes and survey 
records.  I know of a licensee who is routinely inspected by NRC, 
DOT, DOD, DOE, FDA , the state and county equivalents, insurance 
carriers, customers, plus others. Literally, they are inspected 
by someone at a frequency that exceeds one per month.  Their 
first rule is -- DON'T EVER GIVE AN INSPECTOR AN ORIGINAL COPY OF 
ANYTHING!!! Their second rule is -- DON'T LET AN INSPECTOR TOUCH 
AN ORIGINAL COPY OF ANYTHING!!  Their third rule is -- DON'T 
ALLOW ORIGINAL RECORDS TO BE WITHIN THE REACH OF AN INSPECTOR!! 
Thier fourth rule is -- IF AN INSPECTOR WANTS A COPY OF 
SOMETHING, YOU MAKE A COPY OF IT AND GIVE THE COPY TO THE 
INSPECTOR.  It is very easy to screw up the record keeping 
requirements of this business; we don't need help from 
inspectors.

   In addition to the problem of losing records, this licensee 
also faces the problem of record keeping "STYLE." Each inspector 
believes that he/she can require that the records be maintained 
in a specific manner.  The fact that each inspector tries to 
require a different record keeping style is enough to drive a 
sane person crazy.

  Every time I read a message like Kent's I thank the Almighty 
that I no longer work for a licensee and ask Him/Her to give 
RadSafers the strength to deal with the nonsense, wastefulness, 
and stupidity that pervades radiation safety.


Sincerely,

Bill Schadt a.k.a. Mr. QUEST
Radiation Technology, Inc.
P.O. Box 10457
Silver Spring, MD 20914-0457
              (301) 622-9644 (voice)
              (301) 622-1582 (fax)
              info@chammp.com (email)