Date: July 1972

Location: India

Type of event: x-ray accident

Description:

A worker using x-ray equipment discovered blisters on several fingers of the left hand in July 1972, which were determined to be the result of the worker's habit of holding a fluorescent screen strip to locate the x-ray beam. Estimated dose was 4,000-6,500 rad to the index finger and 1,000 rad to the middle and ring fingers.

Consequences: 1 injury.

References:

• Sundara Rao, I. S., P. S. Iyer, A. Kannan, S. P. Zaparde, and G. Subrahmanian, April 1977, "Radiation injury from analytical x-ray equipment," 4th IRPA Congress Proceedings, on line, IRPA [http://www2000.irpa.net/irpa4/cdrom/VOL.3/P3_60.PDF].

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