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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024098540 · 9/13/2024 · Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple regions of the head
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
Source
Fixed ladder or fire escape
Secondary source
Other constructed surface

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee climbed an 18-foot job-made wooden ladder to reach the second level of a ship unit. As he was stepping onto the second level, he fell the full length of the ladder to the floor below, resulting in facial and skull fractures.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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