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A ramp service employee reported new procedures require chock prepositioning on the ramp in front of the engines which is an ingestion safety hazard for both personnel and chocks when the engines may be left running for minutes after gate arrival.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1263390 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201505 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
On this arrival and every arrival the ramp procedures require us to preplace the chocks in a location in front of the engines of arriving aircraft. This presents an ingestion hazard for ramp personnel as the aircraft often leaves engines running for minutes after arrival; and requires ramp personnel to traverse the area of ingestion hazard without a sight line of the engines to know whether or not they're running. The previous procedure required placement outside of the operational safety zone near the wingtips of arriving aircraft and aft of the engines of arriving aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Ramp Service Employee reported new procedures require chock prepositioning on the ramp in front of the engines which is an ingestion safety hazard for both personnel and chocks when the engines may be left running for minutes after gate arrival.
Narrative: On this arrival and every arrival the ramp procedures require us to preplace the chocks in a location in front of the engines of arriving aircraft. This presents an ingestion hazard for ramp personnel as the aircraft often leaves engines running for minutes after arrival; and requires ramp personnel to traverse the area of ingestion hazard without a sight line of the engines to know whether or not they're running. The previous procedure required placement outside of the operational safety zone near the wingtips of arriving aircraft and aft of the engines of arriving aircraft.
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