A worker in the air transport industry was riding as a passenger in a ground service vehicle. The driver parked the vehicle parallel to a stationary twin-engine airplane which still had both engines running. The worker dismounted from the service vehicle and reached for a chocking block for the wheels of the aircraft. Proceeding diagonally from the service vehicle towards the nose of the aircraft, he crossed the path of a rotating propeller. The worker died of massive blood loss caused by amputation of an upper limb and numerous other lacerations. Granted, not many of us have the opportunity to work around […]