Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Name: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Ingalls Shipbuilding
Start: 3/18/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019032815 · 3/18/2019 · Ingalls Shipbuilding

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
Nature of injury: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Structural metal materials, unspecified
Secondary source: Brake presses

Employer

Name: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Location: 1000 Jerry St. Pe'Highway, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39567
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was bending a piece of 1-inch-thick, 6-inch-wide, 6-foot-long flat steel in a press fitted with a four-way die. One of the fins on the die broke, allowing the steel to fall and strike the employee's right leg above the knee. The employee suffered a contusion and swelling and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Source

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