Narrative:

On descent into lga, the flight attendant fell and hit her head on the galley. We were in the clear with light chop. The seatbelt sign was on. She said she did not require any medical assistance and appeared to be alright, other than a bump on the head. She later felt sick in the stomach and left the trip. After seeing a doctor she had a fractured orbital, a broken nose, and a concussion. The moral of this story is that looks can be deceiving. An injury of a passenger or crew member must be taken very seriously and a doctor consulted even for apparently minor injuries. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that the incident happened when they were on the first day of a 3-DAY trip, and this was the last segment of the first day, which was from jacksonville to newark. The flight attendant was standing in the galley putting things away when the turbulence started. It was light turbulence, so it was somewhat responsible for her injuries. Someone had caught her attention and said something to her, and she then twisted her body around to talk to the person, so her legs were out of position when the turbulence hit and she stumbled as she fell on the floor and hit her head against the galley aluminum door. It was the next day of the 3-DAY trip that she left the crew and saw a doctor the next day.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT RPT, CL65RJ, JAX-LGA. DSCNT INTO LGA, LIGHT TURB, CABIN ATTENDANT FELL TO FLOOR, HIT HEAD ON GALLEY, HEAD INJURIES NOT IMMEDIATELY OBSERVED, DIAGNOSED.

Narrative: ON DSCNT INTO LGA, THE FLT ATTENDANT FELL AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE GALLEY. WE WERE IN THE CLR WITH LIGHT CHOP. THE SEATBELT SIGN WAS ON. SHE SAID SHE DID NOT REQUIRE ANY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND APPEARED TO BE ALRIGHT, OTHER THAN A BUMP ON THE HEAD. SHE LATER FELT SICK IN THE STOMACH AND LEFT THE TRIP. AFTER SEEING A DOCTOR SHE HAD A FRACTURED ORBITAL, A BROKEN NOSE, AND A CONCUSSION. THE MORAL OF THIS STORY IS THAT LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING. AN INJURY OF A PAX OR CREW MEMBER MUST BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY AND A DOCTOR CONSULTED EVEN FOR APPARENTLY MINOR INJURIES. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN THEY WERE ON THE FIRST DAY OF A 3-DAY TRIP, AND THIS WAS THE LAST SEGMENT OF THE FIRST DAY, WHICH WAS FROM JACKSONVILLE TO NEWARK. THE FLT ATTENDANT WAS STANDING IN THE GALLEY PUTTING THINGS AWAY WHEN THE TURB STARTED. IT WAS LIGHT TURB, SO IT WAS SOMEWHAT RESPONSIBLE FOR HER INJURIES. SOMEONE HAD CAUGHT HER ATTN AND SAID SOMETHING TO HER, AND SHE THEN TWISTED HER BODY AROUND TO TALK TO THE PERSON, SO HER LEGS WERE OUT OF POS WHEN THE TURB HIT AND SHE STUMBLED AS SHE FELL ON THE FLOOR AND HIT HER HEAD AGAINST THE GALLEY ALUMINUM DOOR. IT WAS THE NEXT DAY OF THE 3-DAY TRIP THAT SHE LEFT THE CREW AND SAW A DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.