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Air carrier maintenance employee reported adverse health symptoms after exposure to an aircraft just cleaned using electrostatic spraying.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1744430 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202005 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
On aircraft X; after the cleaner left the plane a small crew went on the plane and accomplished electrostatic cleaning. Afterwards I spoke to the crew about the cleaning. I then started choking and gagging. I am very concerned about the chemicals and the health of people like me as well as others who clean the plane and use this equipment with just a filtered mask. After I left them; my lungs started to clear up fast. But for a long time afterwards I still have some shortness of breath. I know the epa has issues with this kind of cleaning; but I am very concerned for the health of our employees; venders; cleaners as well as our passengers. As of today; I don't know what kind of chemicals are being used and the time to keep away from the plane.I understand the cleaning issues; but it had effects upon me. I don't know the answer to this one.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Maintenance employee reported adverse health symptoms after exposure to an aircraft just cleaned using electrostatic spraying.
Narrative: On Aircraft X; after the cleaner left the plane a small crew went on the plane and accomplished electrostatic cleaning. Afterwards I spoke to the crew about the cleaning. I then started choking and gagging. I am very concerned about the chemicals and the health of people like me as well as others who clean the plane and use this equipment with just a filtered mask. After I left them; my lungs started to clear up fast. But for a long time afterwards I still have some shortness of breath. I know the EPA has issues with this kind of cleaning; but I am very concerned for the health of our employees; venders; cleaners as well as our passengers. As of today; I don't know what kind of chemicals are being used and the time to keep away from the plane.I understand the cleaning issues; but it had effects upon me. I don't know the answer to this one.
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.