Narrative:

At [the] gate; skydrol exposure occurred while waiting for pushback. Asked if he smelled something he said no stuffy sinuses. I walked back and asked the b and the extra to walk through the cabin and they both said they smelled dirty socks. I called the captain on the interphone and said we had a strong dirty sock smell throughout the cabin. He said disarm doors. An agent came to open the door; took one step in then backed up from the overbearing smell before proceeding. I told her we needed to get the passengers off. I called the captain to open the door which he did and agreed they should deplane. As soon as the cockpit door opened they said they too smelled the odor. I made a PA for all passengers to deplane with belongings. The pilot was speaking [with] maintenance and the maintenance worker said it was just wet AC packs and the second flight of the night reporting it. The captain said he was going by his checklist procedures and deplaning all. I began to feel nauseated and went to the lavatory with dry heaves. I could not hear the captain's announcement due to that. I also got a mask to curtail the smell and went back in the cockpit to say we would need medical attention and intended to go to the hospital. This airline is not recognizing this as a fume exposure due to hazardous work environment. They are charging each flight attendant on the crew with a sick call! This is an on the job injury. Likewise; when they changed the passengers to another plane and added that tail number to it; the wrong tail number gets inputted into the safety report.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported strong Skydrol fumes in cabin requiring crew and passengers to be deplaned.

Narrative: At [the] gate; Skydrol exposure occurred while waiting for pushback. Asked if he smelled something he said no stuffy sinuses. I walked back and asked the b and the extra to walk through the cabin and they both said they smelled dirty socks. I called the Captain on the interphone and said we had a strong dirty sock smell throughout the cabin. He said disarm doors. An agent came to open the door; took one step in then backed up from the overbearing smell before proceeding. I told her we needed to get the passengers off. I called the Captain to open the door which he did and agreed they should deplane. As soon as the cockpit door opened they said they too smelled the odor. I made a PA for all passengers to deplane with belongings. The pilot was speaking [with] maintenance and the maintenance worker said it was just wet AC packs and the second flight of the night reporting it. The Captain said he was going by his checklist procedures and deplaning all. I began to feel nauseated and went to the lavatory with dry heaves. I could not hear the Captain's announcement due to that. I also got a mask to curtail the smell and went back in the cockpit to say we would need medical attention and intended to go to the hospital. This airline is not recognizing this as a fume exposure due to hazardous work environment. They are charging each Flight Attendant ON THE CREW WITH A SICK CALL! This is an on the job injury. Likewise; when they changed the passengers to another plane and added that tail number to it; the wrong tail number gets inputted into the safety report.

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.