A B767 WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE A FUEL SWITCH PANEL DISCONNECTED. PANEL CONNECTED PRIOR TO RETURN TO SVC. TECHNICIAN DISTR DURING TASK ARGUING WITH COORDINATOR OVER PAPERWORK ERROR.
Synopsis
A B767 WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE A FUEL SWITCH PANEL DISCONNECTED. PANEL CONNECTED PRIOR TO RETURN TO SVC. TECHNICIAN DISTR DURING TASK ARGUING WITH COORDINATOR OVER PAPERWORK ERROR.
Narrative
AS I WAS SIGNING WORK CARDS OF COMPLETED TASKS; I DISCOVERED A WORK CARD FROM A DIFFERENT AREA. I GAVE THE CTL COORDINATOR THE PAPERWORK; AND WAS ACCUSED OF HOLDING THE CARD TO HINDER PROGRESS. I SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THE SHIFT DEFENDING MYSELF AGAINST THE FALSE ACCUSATIONS. LATER; I WAS INFORMED THAT I HAD SIGNED FOR WORK I INADVERTENTLY FAILED TO COMPLETE. SPECIFICALLY; THE FUEL SWITCH CARD I WORKED ON REQUIRES REMOVING THE CANNON PLUGS. AFTER REPLACING FUEL SWITCHES; CANNON PLUGS ARE REINSTALLED AND OPS CHK OF SYS IS PERFORMED. AFTER FINDING THE WRONG PAPERWORK; I WAS DISTR FROM MY TASK AND FAILED TO CONNECT THE CANNON PLUGS OR PERFORM AN OPS CHK. UPON RETURNING TO SIGNING THE WORK CARDS; I THOUGHT I HAD COMPLETED THE ENTIRE PROC. AFTER THE INSPECTION WAS COMPLETE; THE PLANE WAS PUSHED FROM THE HANGAR AND THE MISTAKE WAS NOTICED AND CORRECTED. CANNON PLUGS WERE REINSTALLED AFTER DISCOVERY OF ERROR ON PUSHBACK OF ACFT FROM HANGAR. THE CTL COORDINATOR SHIFTED THE BLAME FOR THE MISTAKE OF PUTTING THE LABOR INTENSIVE ENG FUEL FILTER WORK CARD IN THE FUEL SWITCH WORKLOAD.
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