This reminds me of a rather horrifying bit about the Chernobyl accident: the on-site personnel thought they were "safe" since the dosimeters were only showing a certain amount which was concerning, but not worrying. As it turns out the dosimeters were designed to only show up to that amount. Anything higher was simply off the scale and it would not register on the meter.
They were receiving several thousand times the safe limit, even in the control room.
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