On January 22, 1981, a 38-year-old industrial radiographer named Douglas Crofut was admitted to a hospital in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the United States, with serious burns on his chest. His sister, who brought him to the hospital, suspected that the burns might have been caused by radiation—Crofut being a radiographer who routinely worked with high radiation sources.
Doctors confirmed her suspicion and determined that the patient had suffered a massive exposure from an unknown source of radiation. Because the hospital was not equipped to deal with severe radiation burns, Crofut was transferred to the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa.
An industrial radiography device using iridium-192, the type that was suspected of causing burns to Douglas Crofut. Photo: www.applus.com
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