Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Name: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Austal USA, LLC
Start: 2/18/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025021622 · 2/18/2025 · Austal USA, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple internal chest locations
Nature of injury: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to slip or trip
Source: Structures and surfaces unspecified
Secondary source: Gates, hatches vehicle and machine cargo

Employer

Name: Austal USA, LLC
Location: 100 Austal Way, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36602
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 2/18/2025, at around 11:15 AM, an employee was rigging up a G/T fan. He went to step over a hatch, tripped on the hatch handle, and fell, striking his side on a piece of scaffold bar that was at floor level. The employee sustained three broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Source

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