Posted on 09/02/2022 7:37:46 AM PDT by 11th_VA
NEW ORLEANS (WDSU/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A baggage handler at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport got her hair caught on the conveyer belt, resulting in her tragic death.
"She said 'Mom I'm on my way to work' I said 'Okay I'll see you when you get home,'" said Angela Dorsey, Jermani Thompson 's mother.
But she never made it home.
Thompson always seemed to have a basketball in her hands.
"She was a basketball guru. She loved basketball. That was her thing," Dorsey said.
Word quickly began to spread Tuesday night that the 26-year-old had been killed in an industrial accident.
"The doctor said that her hair got stuck in the conveyer and they tried say they tried to cut her hair but they couldn't," said Dorsey. "She died on her way to the hospital."
Thompson, who was employed through GAT Airline Ground Support, was unloading baggage around 10:20 p.m. from a Frontier Airlines flight. Minutes later, her mother received the call.
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Braids hanging down?
How awful and what a terrible way to die.
Oh yeah, I always leave ropes attached to my head hanging down into power machinery.
Are safety measures racist, now?
This is horrible.....RIP to this young lady.
Terribly sad. I looked and she did have those really long extension type things. Obviously dangerous for her job. Freak accident I guess.
You don’t hear of this happening much.
RIP. Horrible. Prayers to her family.
Where’s OSHA? /s
Unfortunately that was my first thought too when I saw the picture. Damn the Liberals! RIP to her.
How horrible. It’s kind of like getting your tie caught in the fan belt.
There’s a problem here - but anyone calling it out will be labeled a racist
Yep. Allowing unsafe hairstyles is sweeping through the military too. Every time I see a female in uniform with a ponytail down their back, I wonder how long until they get scalped by machinery.
Another dead body thanks to RAT stupidity. Afterall, it was the retarded Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) who “introduced the dumbass “Crown Act” in the house allowing “in your face” idiots to wear the African hairstyles they wear in Africa where they don’t have conveyer belts.
Having said that, it’s a tragedy that she died needlessly at a such a young age in such a preventable manner. I will pray for her soul and for her family.
One chance in 10,000,000. Sucks to be that one. Poor family, awful way to lose a loved one. Poor lady’s last thoughts must have been absolute terror. Condolences to all, sorry for your lose.
My first thought also. You don’t get anywhere near machinery with long hair, been that way for decades.
Very sad.
A split second of complacency can cause a lifetime of regret in an industrial setting with dangerous machinery......or worse as it did here.
Almost 40 years in aviation maintenance I saw my share of mishaps.
Many not very pretty.
"We're sitting there and we see her hair overgrown, like, (unintelligible)... I can't get that image out of my head. People just can't stop crying about it. We worked long hours with her everyday. It just doesn't seem real."
"We're sitting there and we see her hair on the ground, like, (unintelligible)... I can't get that image out of my head. People just can't stop crying about it. We worked long hours with her everyday. It just doesn't seem real."
Both my immediate suprivisor and department head(who is white), would cater to the minority community. They did not have to show up to work on time, did not have to wear safety shoes, may times they would work the ramp in flip flops. One time I was waiting to push an aircraft from the gate and the minorite, who was a wing walked, was watching his phone so I had to wait until he was finished. There was a rule as well, no cell phones on the ramp. They would refuse work, would hide when a plane arrived, would purposfully slow walk while on the ramp, would take the supervisors electronic time card and over ride the system to enter a false start time, etc.
When I would call them out they would file a racist complaint against me. One morning I worked at the same the same pace as the slow walkers and as a result all 4 planes went out late. Since I was the AIC, agent in charge, of readying all the planes, crew, baggage, etc, I was called and asked why they went out late. I said I worked at the same pace as everyone else. My bosses immediate response was, "You can't do that".
I miss the free flights but not the low life that work the ramp. I am actually surprised there are not more mishaps with the type of people working the ramp.
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