Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-07	Pearl Harbor	Hi	Department of the Navy	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
The injured employee was working in a two-person team conducting troubleshooting and repair of an onboard boat engine. The engine started and the injured employee's right index fingertip was amputated. The cowling guards had been removed to provide access to the engine components.
2021-08-21	Pearl Harbor	Hi	International Marine & Industrial Applicators LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was doing housekeeping work with a 150-horsepower industrial vacuum. The vacuum sucked in a piece of plastic, then sucked in the employee's right arm as the employee tried to remove the plastic. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to the arm.
2021-05-05	Pearl Harbor	Hi	Serco Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee became dehydrated while laying cables in a ship. The employee stopped sweating and began vomiting.
2020-09-17	Pearl Harbor	Hi	Department of the Navy	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was collecting road cones from the back of truck that had a hydraulic lift gate when his fingers got in the pinch point between the gate and truck bed, leading to an amputation of his middle and ring fingertips.
2020-06-05	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	Propulsion Controls Engineering	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
While welding with a wire fed welder, an employee stood up, lost his balance, and his hand caught the hot wire tip on the welder. The employee was hospitalized with a swollen and burned index finger.
2020-03-07	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by handheld object or equipment
An employee was breaking down storage racks when their right pinky finger was struck by a long-handled sledgehammer. The finger was smashed between the rack and the hammer and required a partial amputation at the hospital.
2020-02-04	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	Amentum	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was doing maintenance on ventilation fans. A fan belt pulled his left hand toward a pulley, where the tip of his middle finger was amputated.
2019-08-22	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD & IMF	Brain	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee was walking up metal stairs when he slipped, fell, and hit his head on the stairs. He was knocked unconscious and suffered a head laceration and concussion.
2019-06-25	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	BAE Systems Hawaii Shipyards	Multiple body parts	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee was opening a 150-pound 5-foot by 3-foot metal hatch on a ship while standing on a 6-stair inclined stairway. The hatch fell on the employee and fractured his wrist and T6 vertebra.
2019-06-18	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	Truston Technologies Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a buoy with a forklift when he attempted to move a piece of wood by the buoy. The buoy then rolled and caught his left index finger, resulting in the amputation of 2/3 of the finger.
2018-07-30	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	AECOM	Nonclassifiable	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee fell when a rail broke, landing on the asphalt ground. The employee suffered fractures and was hospitalized.
2018-06-24	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was placing a channel iron inside an automated vise to secure the iron for cutting with a bandsaw. The vise automatically closed while the employee's left ring finger was between it and the channel iron causing an avulsion injury and hospitalization.
2018-02-06	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD & IMF	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On February 6, 2018, at approximately 6:25 p.m., an employee was installing and aligning deck frames on board a ship when his left index finger was caught between the metal deck plate and frame, resulting in a partial amputation to his fingertip.
2016-07-05	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	International Marine & Industrial Applicators, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Two employees were lowering a part from a mast of a ship. As the employees were lowering the part with a pulley and a tagline, the part got caught in something. The injured employee pulled hard on the tagline, cutting the line and the part fell on his right index finger resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
2015-12-09	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard	Multiple face locations	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was attempting to open the top hatch on a sand blasting pot that was pressurized. The pressure from the tank shot the hatch into his face, fracturing it and knocking his teeth out.
2015-09-17	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking behind other workers carrying a leaking bag of trash. The employee slipped and fell forward landing on the edge of a platform lift and fracturing four ribs.
2015-03-24	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	Pono Pacific	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Employees were clearing mangroves along the shore on Pearl Harbor. When the cut mangroves were being pulled to shore, the rope broke, and the pulley struck an employee in the head.