OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670687
AIRCRAFT,FRACTURE,LUNG,SHOULDER,SPINE,SKULL,AIRCRAFT PROPELLER,STRUCK BY,INATTENTION
Event description
STRUCK BY AIRCRAFT PROPELLER BLADE
Investigation abstract
AT 9:32 AM ON DECEMBER 31, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON THE FLIGHT LINE WHEN HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE A MICROPHONE TO AIRCRAFT 17500HA. HE APPROACHED THE A IRCRAFT FROM THE REAR. HE APPARENTLY MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE TO THE RIGHT PROPELL ER AND WALKED INTO IT. HE WAS KILLED. DEATH WAS CAUSED BY A MASSIVE SKULL FRACTU RE, LACERATION OF THE BRAIN, FRACTURE OF THE SPINE, LACERATION OF BOTH LUNGS AND A FRACTURE DISLOCATION OF THE RIGHT SHOULDER JOINT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 1
- Occupation code
- 508
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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