Huntington Ingalls Industries

An employee was installing wooden staging planks when they were struck in the leg by a staging plank. The employee was hospitalized with a severe abscess and required surgery.

An employee was sitting on a partially open tool box when the tool box lid closed on and pinched his left ring fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was punching holes in steel plates and caught their hand between the punch and the steel plates causing an open displaced fracture to the middle and distal phalanx of the left index finger with injury to the distal nerve.

An employee received an electrical shock while using a shrink wrap machine, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was welding in a submarine s sail area. The lookout area of the sail has two large hatch doors with mechanisms on both sides that can latch and lock onto the top when closed. The hatch doors are also usually spring-loaded to prevent them from falling abruptly. Neither door has the latches installed, and the starboard door s spring was not installed to the foundation. The starboard door was raised to the closed position, with the employee working underneath. At approximately 9:20 AM, the employee completed his weld and called his supervisor over for inspection. When his supervisor began to step down into the work area from the port side, the starboard hatch door fell, striking the employee in the head and face and pinning his head between the ship s foundation and the door itself. He suffered blunt force trauma to his head and face, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.

An employee fell while giving a skiing lesson and sustained a broken leg.

An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.

An employee attempted to open a door while carrying packages when they fell and suffered a fractured left hip.

An employee was playing kickball as part of a team building activity when they fell and suffered a dislocated left foot.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.