105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

BAE Systems

Bodily conditions, n.e.c. · Symptoms involving respiratory system and chest, n.e.c.

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at BAE Systems, 750 W. Berkley Ave., NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 23523 on — Symptoms involving respiratory system and chest, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.

While returning to work from a break, an employee (welder) experienced shortness of breath, subsequently requiring medical transport and inpatient hospitalization.

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Bodily conditions of injured, ill worker

BAE Systems

An employee was walking when his foot caught residual adhesive from floor tape and he tripped and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured right hip.

BAE Systems

An employee was using a powered pallet jack to move a fixture. His leg became caught between the pallet jack and the fixture and he fell on the same level, resulting in a fractured left fibula.

BAE SYSTEMS

The injured employee was trying to hold a door open for another employee when the automatic door closed on the injured employee's left ring finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated halfway down the fingernail.

BAE Systems

An employee was inside a mid-level ballast tank onboard an amphibious transport dock (naval vessel). He was walking across the deck and stepped onto a board that was covering an open hole. The board split and the employee fell about 15 feet to the bottom of the tank. He sustained internal bleeding, a brain hematoma, and fractured the C6 and L1 vertebrae.

BAE SYSTEMS

While adjusting the rigging for the bull gear installation, the bull gear became unstable and shifted. The shifting gear contacted the mobile platform on which the employee was standing knocking the platform over and causing the employee to fall to the ground. When the gear shifted, the employee's right index finger was caught between the rigging and the wood block resulting in amputation of the finger.

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Wilson Tire Company

On May 17, 2022, an employee suffered a heart attack while performing tire repair at a customer's location.

BLACK CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

An employee had been stripping foundation form work. The employee was in the break area when he got up to get a drink of water and collapsed due to a heart attack.

Tyson Foods

An employee was returning from lunch and collapsed, requiring hospitalization.

Chesley Commercial Fence and Rail

An employee was bent over while standing on the ground installing fence components. The employee collapsed and was hospitalized for a heart attack.

HMS Host

An employee was delivering milk to a store in the airport and collapsed. The employee was hospitalized with a heart attack.

Ingalls Shipbuilding

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

Electric Boat Corporation

An employee was struck by a plasma cutter and suffered a broken left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.

Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc

An employee was preparing to bend a flat bar in a brake press. When the machine was jogged, the stock rotated up and crushed his left middle fingertip against the outer frame of the die. The fingertip was amputated.

All Star Metals, LLC

An employee was cutting metal with a torch. A piece of metal struck the employee's left foot, causing multiple fractures to metatarsal(s). The employee was hospitalized.

Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc

An employee was descending a ladder carrying a bag of trash. He fell, landed on the ground about 10 feet below, and suffered fractures to his right hip and pelvis.

AAA Complete Building Services, Inc.

A building engineer was inspecting a generator. As he closed the generator enclosure door, his right ring finger was caught between the door and the door frame. The fingertip was amputated.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee was walking back to a carrier case with mail in her hand when she tripped over a tub. Her back overarched as she fell, resulting in a fractured back that required hospitalization.

Virginia International Gateway Terminals, LLC

An employee was driving a utility tractor rig when it struck the rear trailer of another utility tractor rig, which was traveling in the opposite direction. The glancing impact caused damage to the cab, and he sustained a laceration on right side of his face, a cervical fracture, two fractured left ribs, and a pelvic fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

An employee was washing an aircraft from a scissor lift when they fell to the floor. The employee sustained a back injury and lacerations to their head and neck.

Coastal Mechanical Systems, LLC

An employee was working with a drill and a metal cable. The drill caught the cable and caused an amputation to the employee's left ring finger.