MD-11 Makes a Lot of Wind

An unidentified construction worker was blown over and seriously injured Monday at 2:28PM, as he worked at the north end of DFW's Rwy 18R. The runway was closed until 2:50.

The Parker Construction worker's injuries required a trip to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas; they were reported to not be life-threatening.

**   Report created 5/20/2003   Record 11   **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: EVA697        Make/Model: MD11      Description: MD-11
  Date: 05/19/2003     Time: 1428
  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: Serious     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: None
LOCATION
  City: DALLAS FT WORTH   State: TX   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
EVA AIRWAYS 697, MD-11, WHILE POSITIONING FOR DEPARTURE RUNWAY 18R, ACFT THRUST BLEW CONSTRUCTION WORKER (STANDING OUTSIDE OF BLAST FENCE AREA) OVER CAUSING HEAD INJURY, DALLAS FT WORTH, TX
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:  0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   Y
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   Y
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   1     Min:   0     Unk:   
WEATHER: UNK
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Business      Phase: Other      Operation: Air Carrier
  Departed: UNK                         Dep Date:    Dep. Time:
  Destination: UNK                      Flt Plan: UNK          Wx Briefing: U
  Last Radio Cont: UNK
  Last Clearance: UNK
  FAA FSDO: DFW AIRPORT, TX  (SW07)               Entry date: 05/20/2003