Incident date: 2025-03-26
NAICS industry code: 488190

An employee was performing a magneto timing service on a four-seat, single-engine, fixed-wing aircraft. The timing service requires the propeller and the engine to be moved/rotated. When the propeller rotated, it struck the employee, causing a head injury. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other contact with non-running objects or equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Airplane propeller-driven or piston engine
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Head  unspecified
severity: moderate