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The Texas Department of State Health Services was informed of an incident involving industrial radiography of a pressure vessel. A site foreman was present in the work area with the radiographer. The radiographer approached the source collimator to change the film and realized the source was still in the exposed position. It is estimated that the site foreman received an unintended dose. The site foreman reported he was in the area for 5-8 minutes and approximately 12-24 inches from the source. A calculated dose for 8 minutes at a distance of 1 foot from the 67 Ci Ir-192 source was 40 rem. The radiographer’s badge is being sent for analysis. NRC EN49623.