B737-500 first officer reports fueler failed to attach grounding wire while fueling.

Attributes
ACN	811400
Time
Date	200811
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-500
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	811400
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Aircraft
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

I was doing the preflight and when I got to the right side of the aircraft I saw the fueler fueling the plane. As I did my walk around the wing; I noticed the fueler did not have a grounding line hooked up to the aircraft. I asked him about it and he said that he was in a hurry and did not remember to hook it up. I asked him to do so and he said he had just finished fueling. I told him that it is was very important to remember to hook up the grounding strap and that I was going to write a report. When I got back to the cockpit; I informed the captain. He called the company who said that this was the third report of no grounding strap used!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-500 FO REPORTS FUELER FAILED TO ATTACH GROUNDING WIRE WHILE FUELING.

Narrative: I WAS DOING THE PREFLT AND WHEN I GOT TO THE R SIDE OF THE ACFT I SAW THE FUELER FUELING THE PLANE. AS I DID MY WALK AROUND THE WING; I NOTICED THE FUELER DID NOT HAVE A GNDING LINE HOOKED UP TO THE ACFT. I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS IN A HURRY AND DID NOT REMEMBER TO HOOK IT UP. I ASKED HIM TO DO SO AND HE SAID HE HAD JUST FINISHED FUELING. I TOLD HIM THAT IT IS WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER TO HOOK UP THE GNDING STRAP AND THAT I WAS GOING TO WRITE A RPT. WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE COCKPIT; I INFORMED THE CAPT. HE CALLED THE COMPANY WHO SAID THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD RPT OF NO GNDING STRAP USED!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.