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A ramp agent had hot liquid dispensed on him from the forward galley drain while removing chocks from a B737NG nose wheel before pushback. This was a potentially serious injury.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1404668 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201611 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Waste Water Disposal System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Today our ramp employee was removing the chocks from the nose gear ready for departure when all of the sudden hot liquid is being dispensed down the forward galley drain soaking his right side from his hip down. My two concerns is that we all know inflight should not be dispensing liquids on the ramp while at the gate. The second concern is the potential injury this may have cause my employee. The hot liquid could have burned him and also as you will see from the attached video; it startled him so much that he could've hit his head on the nose gear door panel while removing the chocks which could have caused severe injury.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Ramp Agent had hot liquid dispensed on him from the forward galley drain while removing chocks from a B737NG nose wheel before pushback. This was a potentially serious injury.
Narrative: Today our ramp employee was removing the chocks from the nose gear ready for departure when all of the sudden hot liquid is being dispensed down the forward galley drain soaking his right side from his hip down. My two concerns is that we all know inflight should not be dispensing liquids on the ramp while at the gate. The second concern is the potential injury this may have cause my employee. The hot liquid could have burned him and also as you will see from the attached video; it startled him so much that he could've hit his head on the nose gear door panel while removing the chocks which could have caused severe injury.
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.