A flight attendant reported an alleged shoulder injury sustained while attempting to stay erect in the galley during a sudden encounter with turbulence over foreign airspace near sbbr, first officer.

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Attributes
ACN	537720
Time
Date	200201
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : sbbs.artcc
State Reference	FO
Environment
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mem.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 4
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 11 flight attendant time total : 11
ASRS Report	537720
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	cabin event other inflight encounter : turbulence
Independent Detector	other other : cab 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Cabin Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

I was checking meals inside the ovens during the beverage service when aircraft hit rough air. To save me from being thrown around the galley, I did grab a hand holder with my left hand and felt my left arm pulled from my shoulder.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A FLT ATTENDANT RPTED AN ALLEGED SHOULDER INJURY SUSTAINED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STAY ERECT IN THE GALLEY DURING A SUDDEN ENCOUNTER WITH TURB OVER FOREIGN AIRSPACE NEAR SBBR, FO.

Narrative: I WAS CHKING MEALS INSIDE THE OVENS DURING THE BEVERAGE SVC WHEN ACFT HIT ROUGH AIR. TO SAVE ME FROM BEING THROWN AROUND THE GALLEY, I DID GRAB A HAND HOLDER WITH MY L HAND AND FELT MY L ARM PULLED FROM MY SHOULDER.

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.