Boeing fined $3,600 in state L&I case
The department of Labor & Industries has fined The Boeing Co. $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 plane was being towed at Paine Field. The department said 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 wedges for the airplane wheels.
