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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221525918

PIEDMONT AIRLINES, INC.

Event
Airplane, Airport, Dismember, Engine, Pulled In
NAICS
481111
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346417835
Employer profile
PIEDMONT AIRLINES, INC.
Summary number
221525918
Report ID
0418600

Event description

Employee is killed when sucked into turbofan engine

Investigation abstract

At 3:45 p.m. on December 31, 2022, an employee was acting as a wing walker for an arriving aircraft when she walked directly in front of an idling turbofan engine and was sucked into the engine and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 34 F

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    889

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