| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-28 | Newport News | Va | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was checking to make sure a structural unit was cut all the way through in order to flip the unit. While the employee cleared the unit top, a piece of flat bar, approximately 5 feet long and weighing around 60 pounds, slid off the corner of the unit. The employee attempted to catch the bar and sustained a laceration to his right ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-09-25 | Newport News | Va | MID ATLANTIC COATINGS, INC. | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was inspecting a blast gun to ensure it was working properly. High-pressure water from the gun struck the employee, resulting in a severe laceration on their left knee. | |||||
| 2021-09-15 | Newport News | Va | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On September 15, 2021, an employee was removing the through-spindle coolant tube on a gantry mill. The employee lowered the coolant tube and another component shifted, causing his left index and middle fingers to become pinched. The employee's index finger was lacerated at the point of impact and required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-09-10 | Newport News | Va | Atlantic Constructors Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A lathe was being hoisted by hydraulics so it could be set down on cribbing. An employee was placing a 1-inch thick shim under the lathe when it came down on their thumb. The thumb tip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-10 | Newport News | Va | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Incorporated | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee using twist pliers to install insulation panels was struck in the face by the pliers when a wire broke. The employee sustained a left eye orbital fracture and possibly a detached retina. | |||||
| 2021-07-13 | Newport News | Va | Crofton Construction Services, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing on a 14-inch, 60-foot-long, 73-pound-per-foot H-pile lying on dunnage. A rough-terrain forklift was being used to move a 6-inch, 12-foot-long channel on its forks. The end of the channel clipped the end of the H-pile, causing it to roll off the dunnage and strike the employee's lower leg. The employee suffered fractures to the lower leg and ankle, with no open wounds. | |||||
| 2021-07-12 | Newport News | Va | Dominion Terminal Associates LLP | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was welding a mild steel deflector onto a rail car dumper. The employee unhooked their lanyard to reach a welding rod and received an electrical shock. The employee fell 20 feet to the steel floor and was hospitalized for a fractured wrist and pelvis. | |||||
| 2021-06-01 | Newport News | Va | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was entering the back door of his work location when he tripped over a concrete slab and fell, resulting in a fracture to his left hip below the ball joint. | |||||
| 2021-05-26 | Newport News | Va | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was sanding a foundation fixture weighing approximately 400 pounds. The employee was working to rotate the fixture 90 degrees toward the ground in order to access the underlying edges. As he was maneuvering the foundation downward, it tipped over and a protruding appendage of the foundation pinned his pinky finger to the floor. The employee's finger was surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-05-11 | Newport News | Va | FREYSSINET INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was chipping concrete with a pneumatic chipping gun and pinched their middle finger between the chipping bit and the concrete substrate. | |||||
| 2021-05-08 | Newport | Ar | Shearers Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On 5/08/2021, at 1:30 PM, an employee was starting the sanitation prep for a corn mill mixer. The employee opened the bottom side of the mixer inspection door to remove product and the auger caught her fingers causing an amputation of the left middle finger at the first joint, and a fracture of the left index finger at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-05-06 | Newport | Nh | N.M. Ross Investments & Construction LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was loading plywood onto a material hoist when a gust of wind pulled the plywood from his hands and it fell on his foot and fractured it. | |||||
| 2021-03-29 | Newport | Nh | Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC | Multiple body parts | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was conducting storm clean up. While cutting a limb from a downed tree, the limb snapped and struck the employee resulting in a fractured foot and four broken ribs. | |||||
| 2021-03-11 | Newport | Ar | Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees were tightening down bolts on a press punch block. As the last bolt was being tightened down, the wrench slipped and part of the press block fell on the hand of the employee holding up the press block. The employee's left ring finger was pinched between the ratchet tool and a punch that was hanging down, causing an amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-01-30 | Newport | Nh | LaValley Building Supply, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was operating a chop saw and amputated a finger and injured two other fingers. | |||||
| 2020-10-13 | Newport News | Va | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was leaning into an office to speak to another employee when the office door shut and pinched his left middle finger between the door and the door frame resulting in an amputation with bone loss. | |||||
| 2020-10-08 | Newport News | Va | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing bolts from the diving door of a submarine using an air-driven impact wrench. When he removed the final bolt, the door swung down, pushing the impact wrench down on his hand. His thumb was pinched between the impact wrench and a support beam under the submarine. The employee sustained an amputation to the left thumb that included bone loss. | |||||
| 2020-09-04 | Newport News | Va | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee left his area of the aircraft carrier after lunch and was noticed stumbling and moving side to side as he walked. The employee sustained heat stroke and an acute kidney injury. | |||||
| 2020-08-19 | Newport | Ar | Ecosystems Protection SVC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| At 1:45 p.m. on August 19, 2020, two employees were putting a highway sign on a flatbed truck. The wind blew the sign, knocking one of the employees off the truck. The back of his head struck the curb. He suffered lacerations to the back of the head, a laceration near his left cheek, a broken forearm, and a concussion. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-08-18 | Newport News | Va | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was next to the "little blue cars" at a shipyard. When the cars were pushed under a strongback (a wooden block) that was supporting a unit, the block was pushed off and fell onto the employee's left hand. He suffered a partial amputation of the middle fingertip, as well as open fractures of the middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2020-07-30 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee had been tack-welding boundary bars for insulation on the deck. The employee experienced severe cramps and was hospitalized for dehydration and an acute kidney injury. | |||||
| 2020-07-21 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | Hip(s) | Fall on water vehicle |
| An employee fell through an opening in a deck. He landed about 7 feet below and suffered a broken hip. | |||||
| 2020-07-10 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was repositioning a ventilation fan. It shifted and fell over, severely pinching the employee's left index finger. The fingertip was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2020-06-29 | Newport News | Virginia | Innovative Cutting, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was cutting a concrete pile when a cut off section of the pile broke loose and crushed the employee's right hand, resulting in a thumb amputation. | |||||
| 2020-06-26 | Newport | New York | Suit Kote Corp | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was waiting in the cab of his truck to deliver materials to a worksite when he was overcome by what was believed to be carbon monoxide exposure. | |||||
| 2020-06-26 | Newport | New York | Suit Kote Corp | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| A driver was exposed to carbon monoxide while waiting in his truck. He became ill and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-06-18 | Newport News | Virginia | Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Newport News Shipbuilding | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was utilizing a ram on a jack stand to close a structural gap when the stand kicked out and the ram struck his face. He suffered a fractured jaw and other facial fractures. | |||||
| 2020-06-17 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee sat down on his tool box. His left middle finger was then pinched between the lid and the box, resulting in a finger amputation with bone loss. | |||||
| 2020-04-10 | Newport News | Virginia | Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Newport News Shipbuilding | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee slipped on a drain plug in the floor and fell, their head striking a table. The employee suffered a pinched nerve and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2020-03-13 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | Hand(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was troubleshooting an R-22 refrigeration system. When the employee went to disconnect a connector from a valve, the connector did not fully disengage from the valve, causing the valve to be halfway open. R-22 refrigerant escaped. The employee was hospitalized with second degree chemical burns and frostbite to the top of both hands. | |||||
| 2020-02-21 | Newport | Arkansas | Granges Americas Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was manually rotating the rubber ironing roll of a separator to back-thread the tail through the machine in order to make a splice. After making a couple of rotations, the employee's right index finger was caught between the rubber roll and the material on the arbor roll, pinching and causing a partial amputation of the left side of the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-02-19 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Div. of Huntington Ingalls Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was installing a carpet runner under a roller table. The employee's left ring fingertip was caught and injured between a roller and a metal plate. The fingertip was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2020-01-14 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingals Incorporated | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee slipped and fell while walking down a stairway and sustained a fractured left tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2019-09-03 | Newport | Arkansas | Southwest Steel Processing | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was running a trim press on a forging line. His body started cramping and his supervisor took him to the break room to cool off. He later went to the hospital for dehydration. | |||||
| 2019-08-17 | Newport | Arkansas | Shearer's Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning out a tortilla machine. The pneumatic attachment to the masa pump had been removed to prepare for cleaning, and the rotor inside the pump amputated her right middle finger at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-07-20 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was serving as a spotter for the adjustment of staging when several of the staging planks became dislodged and fell to the ground. One of the planks bounced far enough to strike the employee in the back. The employee was hospitalized with an umbilical hernia and had surgery. | |||||
| 2019-07-19 | Newport News | Virginia | Dan Daniels Distribution Center | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was walking and collapsed, having a cardiac event from heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2019-06-03 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingals Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was sanding plates on a sander when his left hand was caught between the material and the sander wheel as it was rotating. The employee received stitches on the ring and index fingers and amputated the middle finger at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-05-23 | Newport | Rhode Island | Heatherwood RI, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee was helping a patient onto an elevator when the employee's foot was caught in the gap between the elevator and the building floor. The employee fell to the floor and fractured the right hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2019-04-09 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Incorporated | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| 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. | |||||
| 2019-03-24 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting cable with a knife and severed tendons on his left thumb. | |||||
| 2019-03-15 | Newport News | Virginia | Dan Daniels Distribution Center | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| At approximately 9:00 AM on March 15, 2019, an employee was seated on the back of a 3-wheeler cart. The driver was reversing the cart when the driver lost control and propelled the employee into a wall and onto the floor. She suffered a severe sprain to her bilateral ankles, shoulder pain, and four dislocated toes (phalanges) on her left foot. She was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2019-03-04 | Newport | Rhode Island | Navy Exchange | BODY SYSTEMS | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
| While shoveling snow from a sidewalk, an employee felt a racing heart, chest pains, and shortness of breath. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-25 | Newport | Rhode Island | C.H. Nickerson & CO., INC | Knee(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
| An employee was cutting the banding from around a group of pipes when the pipes rolled over his foot and twisted his knee. The employee suffered a left kneecap fracture. | |||||
| 2018-09-22 | Newport News | Virginia | Huntington Ingalls Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was punching holes in steel plates and caught their hand between the punch and the steel plates causing an open displaced fracture to the middle and distal phalanx of the left index finger with injury to the distal nerve. | |||||
| 2018-09-08 | Newport | Arkansas | SOUTHWEST STEEL PROCESSING, LLC | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was using a ratchet puller to remove a clutch plate off a press while standing on a 10-foot portable ladder when he fell to the ground below, fracturing his left heel and right ankle. | |||||
| 2018-08-21 | Newport | Rhode Island | Pro Cut of RI | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was saw-cutting a concrete slab with an electric flat saw powered by a generator. The electrical cord was being run through an open doorway. A doorstop was holding the door open. Someone removed the doorstop, and the cord was crushed and shorted out, energizing the saw. When the employee touched the saw, he sustained an electrical shock to the right arm and torso. | |||||
| 2018-08-06 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was securing a series of cast iron fixtures called shop blocks (used for material elevation and support) in place by tightening bolts to a rotary table using a pneumatic impact wrench. Before tightening the last bolt, he had to secure the fourth and final shop block. The impact wrench was shifted into its reverse position. When he operated the impact wrench, the bolt backed out and pinched his right pinky finger between the impact tool and the internal cavity of the shop block, resul | |||||
| 2018-06-29 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
| An employee was working on an aircraft carrier in drydock. While climbing across from one tower of free standing staging to another, he fell, landing on the dock floor about 30 feet below. He was hospitalized, having suffered two compound fractures in his left arm that required surgery, bruised kidneys/spleen, and a broken left wrist. | |||||
| 2018-06-05 | Newport | Arkansas | Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
| An employee was checking the brakes on a cab crane while donned in a safety harness with a 6 ft. lanyard. The employee leaned over a gear box that controls the auxiliary hoist to the crane and his lanyard was caught in a shaft that was turning inside the gear box. When the lanyard was caught it pulled the employee quickly to the catwalk surface on top of the crane. During the fall the employee hit his head and suffered a scapula fracture due to being constricted by his harness. The employee was | |||||
| 2018-03-20 | Newport News | Virginia | Huntington Ingalls Industries | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee received an electrical shock while using a shrink wrap machine, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-02-05 | Newport | Rhode Island | J & S ROOFING COMPANY INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was climbing a ladder to put up scaffolding. He was being handed a scaffold plank when he slipped from the ladder and fell 18 feet to the ground below, injuring his spine, head, and face. | |||||
| 2017-09-08 | Newport | Rhode Island | JENKINS WOODWORKING, INC. | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a utility knife to notch out sections of a composite trim when the knife slipped on the hard surface of the trim and struck the employee's left forearm, severing an artery and cutting veins. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2017-07-31 | Newport News | Virginia | Huntington Ingalls Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| At approximately 9:10 AM, an employee was milling rubber using a milling machine. As he was feeding rubber into the machine, his right hand was pulled into the area between the two rollers. The employee sustained an amputation to the tip of his right ring finger, and avulsions to his right index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2017-05-09 | Newport | New Hampshir | L.E. Weed & Son, LLC. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to unload 4x4 posts from the forks of a forklift when the posts broke the employee's leg. | |||||
| 2017-04-24 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Division - Huntington Ingalls Industries | Thigh(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was grinding sheet metal with a hand held angle grinder and lacerated his leg above the knee. | |||||
| 2017-04-21 | Newportville | Pennsylvania | Moldamatic, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee placing a mold into an injection machine had his finger crushed when the mold closed. | |||||
| 2017-03-30 | Newport | Rhode Island | Chris Electric, LTD | Knee(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was observing delivery of equipment from a truck using the power lift gate. The equipment became unbalanced and fell off the lift gate striking the employee and knocking him backwards. The employee sustained a fractured right knee and a tendon injury. | |||||
| 2016-10-13 | Newport | Arkansas | Shearer's Foods | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was attempting to clear a clogged fryer line. Chemical had been left in the drain line and when the hot oil hit the chemical and water, the employee was burned on the upper body. | |||||
| 2016-10-11 | Newport | Arkansas | Shearer's Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was pumping a pipe pump and unhooked the air hose when she noticed something was still in the pump. As she attempted to wipe it out, the pump amputated the distal part of her right middle finger. | |||||
| 2016-09-20 | Newport News | Virginia | AMSEC, LLC | Leg(s) | Water vehicle incident |
| An employee was walking off a ship when he slipped on the accommodation ladder and twisted his left leg. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2016-08-11 | Newport | Arkansas | ARKANSAS STEEL ASSOCIATES, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was working in the rolling mill when he began to feel nauseous, light-headed and started cramping. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2016-08-10 | Newport | Rhode Island | Newport Hospital | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| A maintenance employee was changing the ballast above the tile in the ceiling space. He stripped a wire and cut it. While still holding the wire, his body came into contact with the metal grate that holds the ceiling tiles, and he suffered an electrical shock. | |||||
| 2016-07-12 | Newport News | Virginia | Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Newport News Shipbuilding Division | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was admitted for in-patient hospitalization on July 12, 2016, due to heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2016-07-09 | Newport | Arkansas | Shearers Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee and three associates were putting together a sheeter machine that makes tortillas chips when the machine rollers broke the three middle fingers on the employee's right hand. He was hospitalized. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-05-02 | Newport News | Virginia | Huntington Ingalls Industries Virginia | BODY SYSTEMS | Bites and stings |
| An employee was stung by an unknown insect on her face in one of the shipyard's storage buildings and experienced an allergic reaction. The employee was hospitalized for medical care and prescription medication. | |||||
| 2016-05-01 | Newport News | Virginia | Huntington Ingalls Industries Virginia | Forearm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was struck by his blast hose and sustained a laceration to the right forearm that required in-patient hospitalization on May 1, 2016. | |||||
| 2016-03-19 | Newport News | Virginia | Huntington Ingalls Industries Virginia | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While standing in a squatting position, an employee stepped backwards, tripped over a pallet, and landed on his left backside, fracturing his left hip and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2016-03-14 | Newport News | Virginia | Davis Boat Works | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was between two docking blocks when a forklift driver who was getting into position to lift the blocks removed his foot from the brake pedal. The forklift moved slightly, causing the blocks to tumble onto the employee. | |||||
| 2016-02-17 | Newport | Arkansas | Shearers Food LLC | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was putting cardboard into the baler. His hand was caught in the baler door while closing it. The employee's left hand was dislocated, fractured, and lacerated. | |||||
| 2016-01-23 | Newport News | Virginia | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee fell and was hospitalized with a broken leg. | |||||
| 2016-01-21 | Newport News | Virginia | Huntington Ingalls Industries Virginia | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance |
| On January 20, 2016, an employee was working in a tank with a coworker when he felt flu-like symptoms. He was hospitalized with respiratory failure after inhaling toxic chemicals, smoke, or fumes at the worksite. | |||||
| 2015-11-20 | Newport | Rhode Island | Narragansett Improvement Company | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was assisting with the unloading of granite curbing from a flatbed trailer. The bucket of the excavator being used to unload the curbing struck a length of curbing causing it to fall onto the employee's leg and causing injury. | |||||
| 2015-09-22 | Newport News | Virginia | Huntington Ingalls Industries | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell in the workplace and suffered a laceration injury to the elbow. The elbow became infected and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-09-02 | Newport News | Virginia | NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING | Leg(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee walked into a unit while walking and talking with a coworker; his right leg collapsed/fractured. | |||||
| 2015-09-01 | Newport | New Hampshir | Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clean a machine. While trying to clear chips away, his glove got caught and his left hand was pulled into the cutter, fracturing and lacerating his left hand and wrist. | |||||
| 2015-08-25 | Newport | Rhode Island | Lifespan Corporation | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee exited the hospital to retrieve something from her vehicle. The heel of her shoe got caught in the doorway and she fell fracturing her ankle. | |||||
| 2015-08-09 | Newport | Arkansas | SOUTHWEST STEEL PROCESSING, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee climbed a ladder to put a chain on the trim press. On the way up the ladder, the employee opened the electrical box of the trim press to make sure nothing was wrong with the electrical box. He did not close the door of the electrical box after checking it, but continued up the ladder to replace the chain. On the way down the ladder, after he changed the chain, the employee grazed the electrical box with his shoulder, shocking him and causing him to fall approximately six feet. | |||||
| 2015-07-21 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding | Hand(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a crescent wrench and a one-half inch die nut to remove a sharp burr and metal shards from a stud. The employee's hand slipped off the wrench, slid down, and struck the stud, lacerating the left palm. The employee required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-03-31 | Newport News | Virginia | Walashek Industrial Marine Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee fell approximately 9 feet from a ladder while ascending to the main deck. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the number 10 and 11 ribs and a cracked L1. | |||||
| 2015-02-20 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding | Ankle(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| On 02/20/2015, at approximately 9:00 am, employee was walking to building 103 when he slipped on ice and dislocated his left ankle. He was transported by Huntington Ingalls' emergency medical unit to Riverside Regional Medical Center and admitted. | |||||
| 2015-02-11 | Newport | New Hampshir | Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee pinched a finger when standing up a steel drum. Soft tissue was torn from the finger tip with no bone loss. | |||||