Tremendous bad luck for the ground staff involved - as if being paid a pittance and treated like dirt wasn't bad enough. If the airport authority is at fault in any way, I hope they get taken to the cleaners. I have seen a number of nasty injuries on the ramp to pax and colleagues as a result of various airport authorities neglect of essential safety precautions. Tight-fisted, penny-pinching @rseholes!
I guess we can only be glad nobody else was hurt as it could have been so much worse.
Speedy recovery folks.