Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Incorporated
Start: 4/9/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019043683 · 4/9/2019 · Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Source, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Sandblasters-powered

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was abrasive blasting a metal platform with aluminum oxide. The abrasive medium struck the employee above the left knee, causing a severe laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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