REPORT ON CIVILIAN'S DEATH RELEASED

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RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AETCNS) --  On April 9, the Air Force released a report of investigation into the Jan. 16 death of Paul F. Hammond Jr., citing the cause of death as accidental.

Hammond was assigned to the 97th Air Mobility Wing Maintenance Directorate as a KC-135 crew chief at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. While preparing an aircraft for a mission, he fell off a B-5 stand and sustained blunt force trauma injuries to his cranium leading to his death. Indirectly, human factors such as fatigue, complacency and channelized attention contributed to his death.