Global InformationDouglas Crofut information
Douglas Harris Crofut | |
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| Born | November 6, 1942 Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | July 27, 1981 (aged 38) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Injuries caused by unknown gamma radiation exposure |
| Burial place | West Lawn Cemetery, Henryetta, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Industrial radiographer |
Douglas Harris Crofut (November 6, 1942 – July 27, 1981) was an American radiographer who inspected oil and natural gas pipelines. He died in intensive care as a result of radiation burns and radiation poisoning. His death was the first of its kind in the United States since the 1940s, when radiation deaths occurred during the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico. It is the only U.S. death attributable to an unknown source of radiation, and the only known case in the U.S. of a suspected suicide undertaken via radiation exposure.[1][2][3][4][5]
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- ^ "Radiation source in death mystery". Gadsen Times. July 30, 1981. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday attributed the agonizing death..." United Press International. July 30, 1981. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "NRC links death of man to radiation poisoning". The Des Moines Register. July 30, 1981. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ Greenberg, Michael (2006). Encyclopedia of Terrorist, Natural, and Man-made Disasters. Jones and Bartlett. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-7637-3782-5.