Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118475.015 - Employee fractures hip in fall from baggage cart

Accident Summary Nr: 118475.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 07/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1419492.015	08/05/2019		488119	Piedmont Airlines Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on July 29, 2019, an employee was working on a ramp preparing aircraft for departure when she and her coworkers (Ground Crew) were informed that air start was authorized on an aircraft. The employee moved the TLD Model ASU-600-180-CUP Air Start Unit (ASU) to the aircraft while a coworker positioned an uncovered WASP Model A01437D Baggage Cart to use as platform to reach the engine start ground air supply connection. The employee climbed onto the baggage cart to connect the air start supply hose. While attempting to connect the hose to the aircraft she needed to reposition herself to her right and when stepped on the edge of the baggage cart floor with her right foot, her foot slipped off the edge of the cart causing her to lose her balance, twist counter-clockwise and fall on her left hip approximately two feet to the asphalt below. The employee fractured her hip and was hospitalizated requiring surgery.

Keywords: Aircraft, Airplane, Airport, Asphalt, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cart, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Foot, Footings, Fracture, Ground Crew Worker, Hip, Hose, Lost Balance, Material Handling, Slip, Slippery Surface, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1419492.015	57	F	Hospitalized injury		Airplane pilots and navigators

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