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Ground employee reported the belt loading systems become slippery from de-icing operations creating a safety hazard for ramp personnel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1610139 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
It was brought to my attention today of an issue with de-icing on the gates and near ramp equipment. Team leader of gate xx explained to me that the de-icing fluid is making the belt loaders slippery to work on and making this a safety hazard. I went out to the gate myself to see for myself and did in fact had a difficult time getting any type of grip on the belt loader whether it was the belt itself or the black grip strip that is on the side next to the railing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ground employee reported the belt loading systems become slippery from de-icing operations creating a safety hazard for ramp personnel.
Narrative: It was brought to my attention today of an issue with de-icing on the gates and near ramp equipment. Team Leader of Gate XX explained to me that the de-icing fluid is making the belt loaders slippery to work on and making this a safety hazard. I went out to the gate myself to see for myself and did in fact had a difficult time getting any type of grip on the belt loader whether it was the belt itself or the black grip strip that is on the side next to the railing.
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.