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Ramp agent; loading mail sacks; notes that sacks keep getting caught between the belt conveyer and the new roller on the front of this newly modified belt loader. The cargo bay handler attempts to free a sack and his glove becomes caught; fortunately ripping the finger off the glove before the hand can be drawn in.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1248046 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201503 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
While loading the aft cargo compartment with mail sacks using a belt loader; we noticed multiple sacks that kept getting caught between the belt conveyer and the new roller on the front of this newly modified belt loader. While [cargo bay handler] was trying to un-catch the mail reaching out of the cargo compartment his glove also got caught in the same roller area. Fortunately the thumb of the glove ripped off before his hand was sucked into the conveyor and roller area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ramp agent; loading mail sacks; notes that sacks keep getting caught between the belt conveyer and the new roller on the front of this newly modified belt loader. The cargo bay handler attempts to free a sack and his glove becomes caught; fortunately ripping the finger off the glove before the hand can be drawn in.
Narrative: While loading the aft cargo compartment with mail sacks using a belt loader; we noticed multiple sacks that kept getting caught between the belt conveyer and the new roller on the front of this newly modified belt loader. While [cargo bay handler] was trying to un-catch the mail reaching out of the cargo compartment his glove also got caught in the same roller area. Fortunately the thumb of the glove ripped off before his hand was sucked into the conveyor and roller area.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.