Reports
For OTHEA, incidents reports are selected on the basis of the value of sharing the lessons learned. Therefore, a broad variety of incidents may be included: not just incidents and accidents, but also any situation, event, behaviour or anomaly with the potential to cause an unplanned radiation exposure, or a significant decrease in the existing standard of radiation protection. This could include “near misses”, contamination spills (whether people wer exposed or not) as well as more serious radiological incidents.
OTHEA does not include nuclear, or nuclear-related, incidents.
| Title | Publication date |
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| Quarry level gauge source fell out | 20 April 2010 |
Road density gauge crushed by road roller  |
20 April 2010 |
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Inadvertent disposal of radioactive source used in a textile factory gauge |
20 April 2010 |
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Radiation injuries received by newly installed dental x-ray set |
20 April 2010 |
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Dental x-ray set operated continuously |
20 April 2010 |
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Contamination with caesium-137 during a practical session at a university |
17 April 2009 |
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Contamination of workers during dismantling of gloves boxes |
28 July 2008 |
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Exposure of a person during radiography of a barge |
28 July 2008 |
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Exposure during the transportation of technetium-99 generators |
7 March 2008 |
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Industrial radiography: collection of incidents involving unauthorised persons in the controlled area |
18 September 2007 |