Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Newport News Shipbuilding
Start: 7/21/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015074915 · 7/21/2015 · Newport News Shipbuilding

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Fasteners, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Wrenches-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Newport News Shipbuilding
Location: Onboard USS Abraham Lincoln, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was using a crescent wrench and a one-half inch die nut to remove a sharp burr and metal shards from a stud. The employee's hand slipped off the wrench, slid down, and struck the stud, lacerating the left palm. The employee required surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown