| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-16 | Pascagoula | Ms | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was inspecting a crane when his right foot became lodged between the crane's wire rope and the drum structure for the rope. The foot was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-06-01 | Pascagoula | Ms | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee stepped on a temporary air hose while walking through the shop, lost balance, and fell to the ground breaking a leg. | |||||
| 2021-03-20 | Pascagoula | Ms | VT Halter Marine | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was positioning a steel beam to be welded. As the beam was being lifted to turn over, it got caught on rollers. It came loose while the employee was trying to dislodge it, and his left hand was caught between the beam and a roller. He suffered amputations to the first and middle fingers just below the nails. | |||||
| 2021-02-08 | Pascagoula | Ms | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. | Knee(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was smoothing out the surface of an anchor bolster with a grinder. The employee stopped using the grinder to reposition it and it actuated, lacerating the employee's left knee. | |||||
| 2021-01-25 | Pascagoula | Ms | Manning Trucking, Inc. | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee had been securing a load on a trailer with straps. The employee tried to step up onto palleted material when his left knee gave out, causing him to fall 4.5 feet to the pavement, resulting in injury to both knees. | |||||
| 2021-01-08 | Pascagoula | Ms | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell while climbing down a scaffold ladder, landing about 13 feet below and suffering a fractured left hip and facial fractures. | |||||
| 2020-10-14 | Pascagoula | Ms | Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving a piece of copper alloy pipe he had just cut and cleaned. When the employee placed the pipe section on a stationary conveyor it bounced up and pinched his left ring finger against the frame, amputating the finger. | |||||
| 2020-09-28 | Pascagoula | Ms | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was shaping a piece of sheet metal when the tip of his right thumb was pinched by the material. | |||||
| 2020-08-18 | Pascagoula | Ms | Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| After performing grinding outdoors, an employee suffered heat stress. | |||||
| 2020-07-17 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Hip(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
| While cutting and trimming grating with a torch, an employee cut the grating he was laying on and fell 7 feet to the concrete ground, fracturing his left hip. | |||||
| 2020-06-01 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Jamestown Metal Marine Sales, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was descending a step ladder when he slipped off the bottom step, stuck his hands out to catch himself, and struck the floor, breaking his right wrist. | |||||
| 2020-03-27 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | ST Engineering Halter Marine & Offshore, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Small-scale (limited) fire |
| An employee was welding in a tight area when he accidentally hit the whip line button. The line popped out and ignited his shirt. He had to take his gloves off to unsnap his right sleeve cuff and remove his shirt, resulting in a second degree burn to his right wrist. | |||||
| 2020-02-18 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Chevron USA, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Slip on substance without fall |
| An employee slipped on a damp walkway and overcompensated to keep from falling down, resulting in a fractured left ankle. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-02-13 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Favre's Steel Erection LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet |
| An employee fell through an opening in a catwalk, landing on the ground 60 feet below and suffering multiple fractures and head trauma. | |||||
| 2019-07-16 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was boring holes using a milling machine, along the bottom of an amphibious transport dock ship. He was also checking alignment measurements on the intermediate strut of the ship. He stepped down from an upper level work platform and fell to a catwalk below. The employee then rolled under the bottom railing of the catwalk and fell 8 feet to a concrete surface. He sustained broken ribs, a fractured right wrist, and a head laceration. | |||||
| 2019-06-24 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc. | Thigh(s) | Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. |
| An employee was cutting T-beams with a cutting torch when the employee's pants caught on fire possibly due to a piece of molten slag, resulting in second and third degree burns to the employee's inner thighs. | |||||
| 2019-03-18 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Thigh(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| 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. | |||||
| 2019-03-11 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Barnhart Crane & Rigging | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| A crane operator was cleaning the outside of a deck crane. He tripped and fell from the back of the crane to the ground floor about 6 feet below. He suffered six broken ribs on his left side, a punctured left lung, and a broken pelvis. | |||||
| 2018-09-11 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | ROLLS-ROYCE NAVAL MARINE, INC. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was standing on top of a molding platform and reaching for a guard arm when the employee fell 7' 8" from the platform to the floor, suffering a fractured hip. | |||||
| 2018-04-08 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | VT MARINE | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee's right ring fingertip was caught and amputated between a manlift guardrail and a ship ramp as a second employee was attempting to free the manlift basket from the ship ramp. | |||||
| 2018-01-03 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | U.S. Coast Guard | BODY SYSTEMS | Overexertion involving outside sources, n.e.c. |
| An employee was riding his bicycle and suffered a heart attack. | |||||
| 2017-08-08 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | FLETCHER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was helping to form concrete when he became hot and passed out. He was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
| 2017-06-22 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Airgas Refrigerants | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was working with a tank flipper when his right middle and ring fingers were crushed and amputated between two pieces of equipment. | |||||
| 2017-06-14 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was working aboard a ship when he experienced nausea, cramping, and vomiting. He was hospitalized overnight for heat exhaustion and dehydration. | |||||
| 2017-06-01 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On June 1, 2017, an employee was spray painting in a compartment aboard a vessel when his spray gun became clogged. As he attempted to clean the tip of the spray gun, the gun discharged paint. The paint broke the skin and was injected into his left palm. | |||||
| 2017-05-21 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | WAL-MART STORE #1066 | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
| An employee was walking toward the register to relieve another cashier when she tripped and fell. She hit her side on a baggage carousel as she was falling to the ground, fracturing a rib. | |||||
| 2017-03-31 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | VT Halter Marine | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing a straight ladder when it slipped out from underneath him. He fell to the ground and fractured his right hip and ankle. | |||||
| 2017-03-29 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting a piece of aluminum with a rotary saw when it kicked back and amputated his left index finger. | |||||
| 2017-02-10 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | D & T Contractors Inc | Wrist(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was struck by a scaffold board that was being disassembled, breaking his left wrist and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-01-21 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | VT Halter Marine | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee was lifting an I-beam that weighted approximately 75 pounds using a rope. The employee's thumb was caught under the rope as the beam began to drop resulting in an avulsion injury. | |||||
| 2016-10-13 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Murphy Oil USA | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Shooting by other person-intentional |
| An employee was working behind the counter and was shot in the back. | |||||
| 2016-09-14 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on water vehicle |
| An employee was descending an escape trunk when he stepped onto a wood platform. The platform shifted, causing it and the employee to fall 36 feet. He suffered an arm laceration, fractured hip, and fractured foot. | |||||
| 2016-09-13 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Multiple head locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was installing a steel plate on an inner-bottom using an overhead crane. As the employee lifted the steel plate with the crane, it became wedged between two steel frames. He continued applying lifting force with the crane and the plate sprang loose, striking him the face. He suffered multiple facial injuries, including trauma, a broken nose, an eye socket fracture, and a skull fracture. | |||||
| 2016-08-30 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Huntington Ingalls Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| Two employees were moving a piece of angle iron approximately 19 feet long. The injured employee picked up one end of the angle iron and the other employee pushed the opposite end causing the injured employee to drop the angle iron. His left middle finger was pinched between the angle iron and a joiner bulkhead coaming on the deck resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2016-06-23 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee was holding material for a coworker who was using a manual shear to cut a piece of sheet metal. When the coworker engaged the shear, it amputated the employee's left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-05-09 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on water vehicle |
| On May 9, 2016, at approximately 2:30 PM, an employee was carrying a loaded, 25- to 30-pound tool bag while descending permanent, inclined stairs. When he reached the sixth stair tread from the bottom, he lost his balance and fell, striking his right foot against the bulkhead beneath the stairs. He fractured his right ankle and required surgery. | |||||
| 2016-04-02 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Vt Halter Marine | Multiple trunk locations | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
| An employee was working on a modular unit approximately 4 feet from the ground. While walking to retrieve a tool, the employee stepped into an unguarded opening and fell 3 feet, suffering a fractured rib and pelvis. | |||||
| 2016-03-17 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee accessed a work platform through a 2-feet by 2-feet opening. He stepped into the opening and banged his shin against the metal frame, fracturing his right tibia just below the kneecap and requiring hospitalization for surgery. | |||||
| 2016-02-29 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Thoracic region | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was rolling up lines and a piece of material fell and struck the employee on the shoulder. The employee sustained bruising/hematoma to the left upper back area and compression fractures of three thoracic vertebrae. | |||||
| 2016-01-21 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Ship Building | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was found at the bottom of a wooden ladder with a fractured skull and left wrist. | |||||
| 2015-12-16 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | V.T. Halter Marine, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee lifted a hatch door by hand and was attempting place the door over the hatch opening when it slipped from his hands and his right ring finger was pinched between the hatch door and the hatch opening. The right ring finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-10-28 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Sodexo, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| A housekeeping employee was cleaning up a Formalin spill. The Formalin was covered with a spill-X absorbent to soak up the chemical. As the employee was scooping up the absorbent her head started hurting, she felt dizzy, and she passed out. | |||||
| 2015-10-21 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | INGALLS SHIPBUILDING, INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was lifting a 70 lb. section of metal duct that needed to be welded to a ship bulkhead that was under construction. The metal duct slipped from the employee's hands and his left index finger was pinched between the metal duct and an I-beam flange. The employee's left index finger was amputated by the emergency room doctor. | |||||
| 2015-08-11 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On 8/11/15, an employee was welding in a training booth when he began sweating heavily. He was later hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2015-08-06 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was setting a fan unit into position on a foundation plate when his fingertip became pinched between the two surfaces resulting in a fingertip amputation without bone loss. | |||||
| 2015-07-14 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Bulldog Services LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| One employee was admitted to the hospital for possible heat stress. | |||||
| 2015-05-28 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was injured while being transported in a personnel basket by a crane. | |||||
| 2015-03-25 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | INGALLS SHIPBUILDING, INC | Forearm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| The employer was conducting a crane switching operation at the intersection of track three and east track. A component part of the crane fell and released hydraulic fluids, which contacted the injured employee's left forearm. The employee was hospitalized, and the left arm below the elbow was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-02-20 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. | Internal neck location | Ingestion of harmful substance |
| An employee was inspecting a ship intake duct that had been fabricated. The employee heard someone grinding above him and when he looked up, a piece of welding slag fell into his mouth. The employee removed the slag from his mouth and continued working. Later that evening at his residence, the employee experienced breathing problems. The employee went to a hospital emergency room for treatment where it was discovered that the employee had welding slag in his throat. The employee was admitted to | |||||
| 2015-01-13 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Krystal Company | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was burned while cleaning a cooking griddle. | |||||