The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined American Airlines regional carrier Piedmont Airlines for a breach of safety after a worker was “ingested” into the engine of an aircraft in Alabama on New Year’s Eve.
Piedmont Airlines passenger service agent Courtney Edwards was killed on Dec. 31 after she walked too close to a jet engine as it was parking at the gate and was pulled in by the extreme force.
OSHA determined the airline was not creating “a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees that were exposed to ingestion and jet blast hazards,” according to the Communication Workers of America Local 3645 that covers ground workers at for Piedmont.
