Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries

Name: Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Start: 6/29/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018066518 · 6/29/2018 · Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
Source: Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
Secondary source: Structures, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Location: 4101 Washington Ave, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was working on an aircraft carrier in drydock. While climbing across from one tower of free standing staging to another, he fell, landing on the dock floor about 30 feet below. He was hospitalized, having suffered two compound fractures in his left arm that required surgery, bruised kidneys/spleen, and a broken left wrist.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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