Date: 28 April 1994

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Type of event: irradiator accident

Description:

An x-ray technician was disassembling an x-ray analyzer. Unaware that the x-ray beam was on, he exposed his hand for about 3 seconds when he felt warmth between two fingers. He did not recognize that injurious exposure had occurred until injury to his hand developed about 2 weeks later.

Consequences: 1 injury.

References:

• Nakagawa, Keiichi, Yukimasa Aoki, Takuyou Kozuka, Kouichi Sakata, Masao Tago, Nobuharu Muta, Yasuhito Sasaki, Yoshiro Aoki, and Atsuo Akanuma, May 1997, "Argatroban in the treatment of radiation injury of the hand: a case report," Current Therapeutic Research, 58:323-329.

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