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Boeing worker loses both legs; company is fined $3,600 for negligence
Source: Associated Press
The department of Labor & Industries has fined the Boeing Company $3,600 for a February accident where a worker lost his legs after he was trapped underneath the tires of a 787 jetliner.
The February incident happened when a Japan Airlines plane was being towed at Paine Field.
The department says that a supervisor of the team towing the jet deviated from written aircraft towing procedures and removed workers that monitor the safety of the crew handling the chocks - wedges for the airplane wheels. The department also found that there wasn't sufficient lighting when the incident occurred.
Read more: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018679913_apwatrappedunderplane.html
