OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221525918
PIEDMONT AIRLINES, INC.
MONTGOMERY, AL—
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
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#1 Fatality Age 34 F
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 889
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