Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

An employee was molding a steel plate using a shaping press when pressure released and the steel plate struck the employee. The employee was knocked to the ground and sustained a lower back injury.

An employee was troubleshooting a leaking hydraulic ram. Their left index fingertip was amputated as the ram retracted.

A mechanic was lowering a vertical launch system (VLS) cover when they slipped on the side shell and their finger became caught between the work platform frame and grating. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the right middle finger through part of the nail bed.

An employee was walking from his car to the office building, slipped on snow and ice, and fell striking his head on the ground. The employee sustained a concussion.

An employee was performing maintenance on an abrasive blasting pot. Residual air pressure in the pot caused the cover and blasting grit to strike the employee's face and neck area causing contusion/abrasion injuries and particulate in the right eye.

An employee was driving a truck and hit a set of railroad tracks. The truck bounced and the employee hurt his back.

The injured employee and his coworkers were riding the bus to the jobsite. There was a dirt bump in the road and the driver lost control of the bus. The employee sustained a possible head injury and injuries to his right hip and right hand.

A paramedic was riding in the back of an ambulance when it ran over a pothole or bump in the road, jarring his back. He suffered lower back pain and was hospitalized.

An employee was driving a front-load/bucket tractor on an unpaved roadway. While surveying conditions, the employee stopped the tractor and positioned the front load bucket to approximately 18 inches above the ground to take pictures/video of a water-filled ravine that crossed the main roadway. The employee was then driving forward when the front wheels rolled down a slight sloped wash. The bucket embedded in the dirt, causing the tractor to stop. The employee's abdomen was injured from the abrupt stop and the pressure from the seatbelt he was wearing.

An employee, working as a coner, which is the person who sits on the platform crate/grate behind the road line marking paint truck and picks up and places traffic cones, was picking up cones from the right side of the crate/grate when the truck hit a bump causing it to bounce up and down which caused the employee's right leg to get stuck between the ground and the vehicle breaking the tibia/fibula.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.

Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.

An employee was using a metal shear when it amputated the tip of his right index finger.

An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.

An employee was standing on a step stool, removing the nuts and bolts from the frame of a solar panel that was being replaced. The employee's cheek made contact with a connector with damaged insulation. The employee was shocked, briefly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground, suffering an injury to the left shoulder.