OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336358
A.M.R. SERVICES
ATLANTA, GA·
Event description
Wingwalker struck and killed by fuel truck
Investigation abstract
At about 8:00 p.m. Employee #1 was acting as a wingwalker, directing movement of an aircraft at the Atlanta Hartsfield airport. Because the sun had set two hour s earlier and it was rainy and foggy, Employee #1 was wearing a yellow rain slic ker (coat and pants). She was standing in a traffic lane with a raised lighted w and, signaling vehicular traffic to stop to give right of way to the aircraft be ing pushed back from the gate. A coworker driving a fuel truck was coming back t o the area after having fueled another plane. The driver did not see Employee #1 and ran her over. She died at the scene.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 F
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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