Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170209803 - Employee blown into bay by aircraft jet blast

Accident Summary Nr: 170209803 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 04/27/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119747723	12/14/1993	4581	0	San Francisco Interanational Airport Commission

Abstract: On April 26, 1992, at about 8:00 p.m., Employee #1, a maintenance worker at San Francisco International Airport, was driving a pickup truck on the airport perimeter road. At one point, he approached a parked 747 aircraft on a runup pad, which is where engines are tested. Employee #1 stopped his vehicle clear of the engine jet blast, waited about 10 minutes, then decided to go ahead because the engines were idling. As he passed behind the aircraft, the engines' thrust was simultaneously increased and the jet blast blew his truck off the roadway and into San Francisco Bay. Employee #1 suffered injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: AIRCRAFT, MAINTENANCE, AIRPORT, WORK RULES, ENGINE, PICKUP TRUCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119747723			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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