Emb-170 flight attendant reported being thrown up to the ceiling then slammed to the floor causing a...

Attributes
ACN	1377246
Time
Date	201607
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Experience	Flight Attendant Airline Total 1 Flight Attendant Total 1
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Walking from forward galley to get coffee; due to coffeepot in aft galley was broken. As I entered the galley door way; I was thrown up to the top of aircraft and slammed back down on the floor; I felt a sharp pain in my foot; looked down and it was turned backwards; I looked at the a-fa that was seated in the aft jumpseat; at the time; he saw it and said don't move; he immediately called the captain. Then came back to me; and I'm not sure if he or the doctor on board told me they had to reset my foot immediately; but he turned my foot and the doctor assisted by getting a seat cushion under my ankle and they put ice on it and continued talking to me; because I was passing out. They prepared me on the floor for landing. We landed and the EMS came on board; assisted me; and took me off the aircraft to the hospital.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-170 Flight Attendant reported being thrown up to the ceiling then slammed to the floor causing a severe ankle injury. She was assisted by a doctor on board and transported to the hospital upon arrival.

Narrative: Walking from forward galley to get coffee; due to coffeepot in aft galley was broken. As I entered the galley door way; I was thrown up to the top of aircraft and slammed back down on the floor; I felt a sharp pain in my foot; looked down and it was turned backwards; I looked at the A-FA that was seated in the aft jumpseat; at the time; he saw it and said don't move; he immediately called the Captain. Then came back to me; and I'm not sure if he or the doctor on board told me they had to reset my foot immediately; but he turned my foot and the doctor assisted by getting a seat cushion under my ankle and they put ice on it and continued talking to me; because I was passing out. They prepared me on the floor for landing. We landed and the EMS came on board; assisted me; and took me off the aircraft to the hospital.

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.

Emb-170 flight attendant reported being thrown up to the ceiling then slammed to the floor causing a severe ankle injury. She was assisted by a doctor on board and transported to the hospital upon arrival.