Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-21 | Virginia Beach | Va | BOEING COMPANY THE | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from an elevated platform to the floor, suffering a broken skull, other fractures, and contusions. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-20 | Virginia Beach | Virginia | Morale Welfare and Recreation | Hand(s) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a forklift truck. A nylon cord that was wrapped around the employee's left hand became caught under the forklift's tire, causing the partial amputation of the hand. | |||||
2019-07-29 | Virginia Beach | Virginia | NEXCOM | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was stocking shelves from a two-step step ladder. The employee fell, suffering a broken left ankle. | |||||
2018-07-18 | Virginia Beach | Virginia | AECOM | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An aircraft mechanic was working on the left wing of an F-18 aircraft removing a component section of the wing known as a flight control surface. During this process the employee pushed on a bolt with his finger. When the bolt moved, the employee's right index finger followed and was caught in a pinch point by the weight of the falling component. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2017-07-03 | Virginia Beach | Virginia | Snow Jr. & King, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
While spraying precast concrete from a scaffold, an employee slipped and fell 4 feet to a main scaffold and then fell an additional 14 feet to the ground, suffering a head injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
2017-03-16 | Virginia Beach | Virginia | NAVFAC MIDLANT | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was troubleshooting a light circuit in a building and fell from a 12 foot ladder. The employee was hospitalized for head, neck and wrist injuries. | |||||
2015-10-01 | Virginia Beach | Virginia | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell while delivering mail. The employee's right ankle broke and required surgery. | |||||
2015-06-23 | Virginia Beach | Virginia | Navy Oceana Commissary | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee severed the left thumb tip off including the entire nail while operating a band saw to process pork roast into chops. |