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Flight attendant report regarding injury while stowing trash. Metal protrusion cut finger of right hand.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 421749 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199811 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Route In Use | arrival other arrival star : star |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 421749 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On approach for landing, I was cleaning up aft galley as per my duties. I threw away trash into receptacle with swinging door closed. As I pulled my hand away, my finger caught on what I assumed was metal protrusion on interior of trash receptacle resulting in cut on ring finger of right hand. I was assisted by other crew member to stop bleeding and was met at ewr airport by paramedic crew, police, and the ewr airport manager (due to late hour no mod available). Went to hospital, received sutures, cleaning and tetanus shot.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING INJURY WHILE STOWING TRASH. METAL PROTRUSION CUT FINGER OF R HAND.
Narrative: ON APCH FOR LNDG, I WAS CLEANING UP AFT GALLEY AS PER MY DUTIES. I THREW AWAY TRASH INTO RECEPTACLE WITH SWINGING DOOR CLOSED. AS I PULLED MY HAND AWAY, MY FINGER CAUGHT ON WHAT I ASSUMED WAS METAL PROTRUSION ON INTERIOR OF TRASH RECEPTACLE RESULTING IN CUT ON RING FINGER OF R HAND. I WAS ASSISTED BY OTHER CREW MEMBER TO STOP BLEEDING AND WAS MET AT EWR ARPT BY PARAMEDIC CREW, POLICE, AND THE EWR ARPT MGR (DUE TO LATE HR NO MOD AVAILABLE). WENT TO HOSPITAL, RECEIVED SUTURES, CLEANING AND TETANUS SHOT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.