Re: Definition of Clothing Contamination

[jack bell <bellstar@erols.com>]

This kind of thing is really very unfortunate.   Seems that everybody is turning
into "bean counters" and the meaning and utility of events is being totally
lost.  Clothing contaminations used to serve the purpose of indicating poor work
practices or the need for work practice or procedure reviews.  This way they
served as valuable input to operations as well as rad safety.  Now, it seems
that the utility of such data is being sacrificed to the numbers game!

Just my opinion.

Jack Bell, bellstar@erols.com

Glen.Vickers@ucm.com wrote:

> Things are changing in the nuclear industry since fine folks like you and
> Mr. Bauman were there.
>
> It is now becoming routine to specify that rad workers wear scrubs into
> contaminated areas instead of the usual PCs for low risk activities.  This
> way if the worker inadvertently gets contamination on his scrubs, it is not
> a personal contamination event.
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Sandy Perle [SMTP:sandyfl@earthlink.net]
>         Sent:   Friday, July 09, 1999 2:10 PM
>         To:     Multiple recipients of list
>         Subject:        Re: Definition of Clothing Contamination
>
>         While in the utility business, modesty garments were classified as
>         contaminated personal clothing. That only makes sense, in that the
>         outer PCs are worn to prevent such contamination. Modesty garments
>         are no different than wearing pants, etc. To define otherwise is
>         simply playing semantic games, in order to minimize the indicator
>         count.
>
>         Sandy Perle
>         E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net
>         Personal Website: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/1205
>
>         "The object of opening the mind, as of opening
>         the mouth, is to close it again on something solid"
>                       - G. K. Chesterton -
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