# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD
> OSHA SIR `2015031340` · 3/20/2015 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD
- **Location:** BAE Shipyard, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23510
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was performing water lancing operations on the U.S.S. Baton at BAE Shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia. The employee was struck by water pressure at the discharge end of the water lancing equipment, resulting in injuries to the right middle finger. The employee was hospitalized.

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