Date: 1985

Location: Yamuananager, India

Type of event: radiography accident

Description:

Following a power failure, safety violations involving an iridium-192 radiography projector caused exposures of 800 to 2,000 rad to the hands of two operators. Each individual had to have two fingers amputated.

Consequences: 2 injuries.

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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