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Ramp employee reported unsafe work environment of ice and slippery conditions in ramp area; which has resulted in three injuries. The airport management; company; and maintenance failed to cooperate in corrective efforts.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1512214 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201801 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IND.Airport |
| State Reference | IN |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
The ramp in ind is so icy and slippery; we have had three injuries so far. We have asked the airport countless times to come plow and get some of the ice out of our envelope. Airline mechanics come and drain water on their airplanes; they dump it on the ground in our ramp envelope causing more ice. I have asked them to use our water carts but they 'forget'... The plow we have at our company [facility] is on a tug and the plow has a rubber bottom; so it will not break up any ice. The airport will not come in close to plow so snow builds and freezes; we asked for chains on our pushbacks; airport said no. Our pushbacks are stuck and slide in ice.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ramp employee reported unsafe work environment of ice and slippery conditions in ramp area; which has resulted in three injuries. The airport management; company; and maintenance failed to cooperate in corrective efforts.
Narrative: The ramp in IND is so icy and slippery; we have had three injuries so far. We have asked the airport countless times to come plow and get some of the ice out of our envelope. Airline mechanics come and drain water on their airplanes; they dump it on the ground in our ramp envelope causing more ice. I have asked them to use our water carts but they 'forget'... The plow we have at our company [facility] is on a tug and the plow has a rubber bottom; so it will not break up any ice. The airport will not come in close to plow so snow builds and freezes; we asked for chains on our pushbacks; airport said no. Our pushbacks are stuck and slide in ice.
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.