Other Support Activities for Air Transportation

NarrativeAt 2:50 p.m. on Janaury 29, 2019, an employee was working in a hangar and had opened the hangar doors enough to look outside. The doors of the hangar moved toward the center of the opening from the left and the right. The control panel for the doors is located on the center edge of the doors. As the employee was standing and looking out, it is believed that he inadvertently touched the control panel button which shut the doors. The employee was caught between the doors and is believed to have died instantly.

NarrativeAt 10:00 p.m. on December 12, 2017, an employee was checking control cables and fittings inside of an aircraft's tail using a fixed ladder. The ladder was installed on the aircraft as a walking/working surface. The aircraft was in a weather controlled aircraft hanger. The ladder was approximately 96 inches tall and used for access to cowling. The employee was working with a coworker who was in the cockpit. The employee was completely turned around not facing the ladder. The employee slipped and slid down the ladder and fell on a concrete surface. The employee sustained a fractured vertebrae. Employee #1 was .

NarrativeAt 8:20 p.m. on August 28, 2017, Employee #1 and a coworker were attempting to remove a jammed hydraulic metering pin from the aircraft landing gear strut. The coworker was pressurizing the strut from the opposite end with a pneumatic air hose, which was pressurized to approximately 120 psi. The jammed component was violently dislodged by the air pressure, and broke both arms and wrist of the employee, who was attempting to remove the jammed component with his hands. Employee #1 was hospitalized and later had his arm amputated.