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Radiological Safety Training for Plutonium Facilities
DOEHDBK11452001
Handouts
Lessons Learned 4
Employee sustains Finger Laceration While Working in Glovebox
An employee at the Plutonium Processing and Handling Facility at Los Alamos National
Laboratory was disassembling a sample cutter in a glovebox when he accidentally cut his
left little finger (ALO-LA-LANL-TA55-2000-0005). The lid of the sample cutter was made of
plastic which had become brittle from irradiation, and when the employee folded it in half, it
shattered into small pieces. When the employee passed the lid through a transfer box, a
small piece pierced his lefthand glovebox glove, his protective glove and the skin of his little
finger.
A survey of the employee's finger indicated 1,000 dpm alpha, but wound counting of the
puncture area after decontamination indicated no detectable radioactivity. Nasal smears
were negative.
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