Incident date: 2024-06-20
NAICS industry code: 488190

A maintenance crew was working on a helicopter. The injured employee climbed the back of the helicopter to attach a tie-down rope to the aircraft rotor. While he was securing the rope to the rotor, it rotated and struck him, causing him to slide down the side of the helicopter and strike the fuel fuselage before impacting the ground. The employee fractured his left tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Helicopters, powered rotary wing aircraft
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate