An amt's thumb was amputated when an actuator on a passenger seat he was working on inadvertently mo...

Attributes
ACN	1329928
Time
Date	201602
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Pax Seat
Person 1
Function	Airport Personnel Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

One night; an airplane maintenance technician (amt) was troubleshooting a seat issue on a 777 when one of the seat actuators inadvertently moved. The amt had his thumb amputated on the spot. My question is; if the company truly cared about safety for the employees; how is it that the company has stayed silent on this event? While all the facts of the case aren't known; I'm sure the company could have issued some type of alert to make sure this did not happen again.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An AMT's thumb was amputated when an actuator on a passenger seat he was working on inadvertently moved.

Narrative: One night; an Airplane Maintenance Technician (AMT) was troubleshooting a seat issue on a 777 when one of the seat actuators inadvertently moved. The AMT had his thumb amputated on the spot. My question is; if the company truly cared about safety for the employees; how is it that the company has stayed silent on this event? While all the facts of the case aren't known; I'm sure the company could have issued some type of alert to make sure this did not happen again.

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.

An amt's thumb was amputated when an actuator on a passenger seat he was working on inadvertently moved.