# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD
> OSHA SIR `2018077161` · 7/16/2018 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonclassifiable
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD
- **Location:** SSBN 742, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23709
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

For three days, an employee's task had been to clean sea salt from an injection pump's inlet tube. The employee had trouble breathing, feeling a sharp pain in the shoulder and pressure in the chest, and was hospitalized.

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