MD80 flight attendant received head injury during turbulence from hitting an open galley oven door.

Attributes
ACN	536178
Time
Date	200112
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zma.artcc
State Reference	FL
Environment
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : vacating altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 3.5 flight attendant time total : 3.5
ASRS Report	536178
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	cabin event other inflight encounter : turbulence
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Cabin Crew Human Performance Weather
Primary Problem	Cabin Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Lost footing during turbulent descent and hit head on oven door.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 FLT ATTENDANT RECEIVED HEAD INJURY DURING TURB FROM HITTING AN OPEN GALLEY OVEN DOOR.

Narrative: LOST FOOTING DURING TURBULENT DSCNT AND HIT HEAD ON OVEN DOOR.

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.