Treatment of Contaminated Personnel

["Williamson, Matthew" <Matthew.Williamson@nypa.gov>]

This was on the NRC Daily Events page this morning...I took out the name of
the facilities involved.  The person turned out not to be contaminated, but
the finger was.

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| TRANSPORTED POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED INJURED PERSON
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| The following text is a portion of a facsimile received from the licensee:
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| "At 1607 hrs on 02/24/99, a diver qualified maintenance contractor was
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| injured and transported to ???? Hospital offsite as a potentially  |
| contaminated individual.  The diver was performing maintenance activities
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| plant equipment located underwater and inside the plant suppression pool.
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| While setting up a high torque machine, the diver severed his right index
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| finger.  The diver was surveyed and found to be clean except for a small
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| portion of his right hand, which could not be surveyed due to the extent
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| the injury.  Radiation Protection personnel accompanied the diver to the
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| hospital, surveyed the diver upon arrival, and determined that the diver
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| not contaminated.  The severed finger tip was subsequently located,
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| determined to be contaminated, and transported to the ???? Hospital.  [
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| After an evaluation by hospital medical personnel, the severed finger was
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| returned to the station. ... ]  The diver is currently in stable condition
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| and being monitored by hospital personnel.  Diving operations and
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| maintenance have been suspended pending further investigation."
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| The licensee notified NRC Resident Inspector and the local township
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| officials.
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Matt Williamson
Indian Point Unit 3
Williamson.m@nypa.gov <mailto:Williamson.m@nypa.gov> 
914-736-8416

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