ARCH Air Medical Service, Inc. - Injury accident

DATE		6/8/02 1700 CST

PROGRAM		ARCH Air Medical Service, Inc.

VENDOR		Own Part 135

ADDRESS
		2207 Scott Av
		St. Louis, MO 63103

WEATHER		Clear. Not a factor

AIRCRAFT_TYPE	BO 105

TAIL#		N660SL

TEAM		Flight Paramedic. Injuries. No patient. 

DESCRIPTION	After returning to their home base from a flight, 
		the pilot parked the aircraft in front of the jet 
		fueling pumps to hot refuel the aircraft.  The 
		Paramedic and Nurse exited the aircraft after the 
		pilot rolled the power back to flight idle.  The 
		pilot then secured the flight controls in 
		preparation to fuel the aircraft.  While doing so, 
		the Paramedic attempted to connect the grounding 
		cable to the aircraft prior to the pilot beginning 
		to refuel.  The Paramedic was having difficulty 
		with the inertia wheel where the cable is wrapped 
		and gave the cable a "tug".  This caused a sudden 
		release of the cable with an upward surge of the 
		cable into the path of the rotating blades, 
		snapping the line out the Paramedic's hand.  The 
		clamp at the end of the line pulled out of his 
		right hand causing serious injury to his hand. 

SOURCE		Robert Stumpf, Managing Director, ARCH

VIA		Roseanne Krantz, CONCERN

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