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Flight attendant reported sustaining an injury when a large cart rolled in turbulence because it did not have any brake pedals on one side.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1286243 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Galley Furnishing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
I had the large cart set up for service in the aft galley when I received a call from the first officer (first officer) saying we were getting moderate turbulence. I hung up the phone to start breaking down the cart. Once all items were off the top of the cart I turned the cart to place it back into its secured position and that's when I realized the cart did not have any brake pedals on that side. I felt a rough jolt of turbulence and the large cart rushed towards me; pushed me to the floor and up against the other carts and pinned my left forearm between the large cart and the corner of the fixed small cart. I only had my right arm and feet to push the cart off my left arm and away from me. Once my left arm was free and I was able to get up I secured all service items and then called to the forward galley to report my injury to flight attendant (flight attendant)-a. Flight attendant-a came to the aft galley and we switched positions so that the main cabin could have service and I then took over flight attendant-C and called the captain to inform him of the accident. I don't feel that catering should have ever placed that cart onto any plane without proper brakes on both sides. This incident and my injuries would not have happened.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported sustaining an injury when a large cart rolled in turbulence because it did not have any brake pedals on one side.
Narrative: I had the large cart set up for service in the aft galley when I received a call from the First Officer (FO) saying we were getting moderate turbulence. I hung up the phone to start breaking down the cart. Once all items were off the top of the cart I turned the cart to place it back into its secured position and that's when I realized the cart did NOT have any brake pedals on that side. I felt a rough jolt of turbulence and the large cart rushed towards me; pushed me to the floor and up against the other carts and pinned my left forearm between the large cart and the corner of the fixed small cart. I only had my right arm and feet to push the cart off my left arm and away from me. Once my left arm was free and I was able to get up I secured all service items and then called to the forward galley to report my injury to Flight Attendant (FA)-A. FA-A came to the aft galley and we switched positions so that the main cabin could have service and I then took over FA-C and called the Captain to inform him of the accident. I don't feel that catering should have ever placed that cart onto any plane without proper brakes on both sides. This incident and my injuries would not have happened.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.