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On October 22, 1997, two electricians received serious flash burns as a result of an electrical fault and subsequent electrical arc blast
On June 19, 1997, a 62-year old building service employee suffered a near syncope and uncontrolled hypertension during her routine work assignment.
On July 2, 1997, a worker wearing approved PPE and shredding HEPA filters in Building 513 at LLNL was found contaminated with curium-244.
On Monday, July 7, 1997, a subcontractor laborer working at the KAPL-Windsor Site stepped on and fell backward through an unprotected rooftop skylight
On February 10, 1997, a SRS F-Canyon crane process operator submitted a routine bioassay sample which was analyzed as positive for plutonium.
On April 23, 1997, a helicopter belonging to the Western Area Power Administration crashed near the summit of Raton Pass in southern Colorado.