Date: 1984

Location: Tiszafured, Hungary

Type of event: accidental exposure to radiography source

Description:

An industrial defectoscope with an iridium-192 source suffered an equipment failure, after which the source was mishandled. One individual received radiation burns on the fingers of the left hand from a localized dose of 2,000 to 3,000 rad (whole-body dose 4.6 rad). A portion of one finger had to be surgically removed.

Consequences: 1 injury.

References:

• UNSCEAR, 2000, "Annex E: Occupational radiation exposures," in Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation: United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation UNSCEAR 2000 Report to the General Assembly, with Scientific Annexes, Volume I: Sources, UNSCEAR, on line at UNSCEAR [http://www.unscear.org/docs/reports/annexe.pdf].

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