CBRNE event in California, Bakersfield area, United States of America on Mon 30th March 2015

Krazen & Associates, Inc. in Bakersfield CA reported a lost nuclear gauge at 1:34pm that was found undamaged by 2:52pm on the same day at the jobsite. The user of the gauge reported that he had left the jobsite and driven to McDonalds a short distance away, with the gauge and transport case in his truck. Upon returning to the truck he realized that the case and the gauge were missing. The user drove back to the jobsite but only found the transport case without the gauge there. No other workers had seen it, so the Bakersfield police and the State of California Department of Public Health were notified. The Radiation Safety Officer found the gauge in a culvert on the jobsite during a search that day, with no signs of damage. It is how the gauge got to the culvert. Gauge users will be retrained on control and security of the gauge, both in use and not in use.