Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Huntington Ingalls Industries, 4101 Washington Ave, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA 23607
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c., affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
At approximately 9:10 AM, an employee was milling rubber using a milling machine. As he was feeding rubber into the machine, his right hand was pulled into the area between the two rollers. The employee sustained an amputation to the tip of his right ring finger, and avulsions to his right index and middle fingers.
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 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 sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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