On Friday, Sept. 3, a Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) maintenance worker donned a Demilitarization Protective Ensemble (DPE) suit and entered a toxic area of the plant to continue removal of obsolete machinery. But for entrant Mike Morehead, the entry was more than just another routine task accomplished in the course of a day.
The entry marked the 200th for Morehead, the first UMCDF worker to reach that number. What’s more remarkable is that he has never had a “hot cutout,” meaning he’s never come out of an entry with agent monitor readings above zero. He attributes this to impeccable decontamination practices. He has never been injured or become ill during an entry.
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