It’s natural to be alarmed when you hear about a machinery accident in Virginia Beach. With so many factories and businesses located in the area, it’s not surprising that accidents with industrial equipment happen from time to time. Injuries resulting from these accidents vary widely, with some people sustaining minor injuries and others sustaining more serious injuries. Fatalities can also happen, but are very rare.
Manufacturing Companies
Virginia Beach Virginia has a long history of being a manufacturing hub for automobiles, ships, and other large industrial equipment. The area is still home to a number of manufacturing companies, including
Old Epp, Inc.
Mars, Incorporated
General Dynamics Corporation
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Altria Group, Inc.
Leidos Holdings, Inc.
AGCO Corporation
Owens & Minor, Inc.
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
Bae Systems Holdings Inc.
Nestle Holdings, Inc.
Bae Systems, Inc.
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Machinery Accidents
Since the early days of of the industrial revolution, machinery accidents have happened. Even though Virginia Beach is a relatively small city, it has its fair share of machinery-related accidents. Here are some examples:
AccidentDate
Employer
City
State
Description
Injury
Body Part
Event
Injury Source
Other Injury Source
21/04/2021
BOEING COMPANY THE
Virginia Beach
Va
An employee fell from an elevated platform to the floor, suffering a broken skull, other fractures, and contusions. The employee was hospitalized.
Fractures
Skull
Other fall to lower level
Scaffolds-staging
Floor, n.e.c.
20/09/2019
Morale Welfare and Recreation
Virginia Beach
Virginia
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.
Amputations
Hand(s)
Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Rope, twine, string
29/07/2019
NEXCOM
Virginia Beach
Virginia
An employee was stocking shelves from a two-step step ladder. The employee fell, suffering a broken left ankle.
Fractures
Ankle(s)
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Step ladders
Floor, n.e.c.
18/07/2018
AECOM
Virginia Beach
Virginia
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.
Amputations
Fingertip(s)
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Airplane-jet or turbine engine
03/07/2017
Snow Jr. & King, Inc.
Virginia Beach
Virginia
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.
Intracranial injuries
Brain
Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
Scaffolds-staging
16/03/2017
NAVFAC MIDLANT
Virginia Beach
Virginia
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.
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Multiple body parts
Other fall to lower level
Movable ladders
01/10/2015
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Virginia Beach
Virginia
An employee slipped and fell while delivering mail. The employee's right ankle broke and required surgery.
Fractures
Ankle(s)
Fall on same level due to slipping
Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
23/06/2015
Navy Oceana Commissary
Virginia Beach
Virginia
An employee severed the left thumb tip off including the entire nail while operating a band saw to process pork roast into chops.
Amputations
Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Butchering machinery
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If you or someone you know has been injured in a machinery accident in Virginia Beach, contact an experienced accident lawyer as soon as possible. A lawyer can help you determine whether you have a claim and what steps to take next.
