Other DOE Accident Investigation Reports

An interdisciplinary, learning-focused, and joint Federal and Laboratory team investigated the causes of an electrical accident at Technical Area (TA) 53 at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

An incident investigation was conducted regarding spontaneous Ignition of Natural Uranium Metal at Argonne National Laboratory on November 27, 2017

On February 26, 2021, at Los Alamos National Laboratory in PF-4, Pit Technologies (PT) programmatic personnel observed sparks emanating from a waste drum into a glovebox.

A JIT was appointed to identify Lessons Learned from the May 2, 2019 breach of a cesium-137 sealed source and resultant spread of contamination.

On October 6, 2019, an employee for the Alliance discovered a sulfuric acid spill in the Science & Technology Facility at the NREL in Golden Colorado.

An Accident Investigation Board was appointed to investigate the December 19, 2018, construction lifting accident that resulted in serious injuries.

On January 27, 2015, two Tritium operators were troubleshooting leaks in an unloading glovebox.

On Friday, June 13, 2014, a 55-gallon drum, believed by workers to be empty, exploded and resulted in non-life-threatening injuries to two personnel.

On September 29, 2010, a radioactive contamination event occurred while performing open air demolition of Building H2 at the SPRU, Niskayuna, New York

On June 14, 2010, while performing transuranic waste remediation work inside a special process enclosure, a Technician received a puncture wound.