Naval Facilities Engineering Command

An employee was on a ladder working on lighting circuits in a 10-foot-high ceiling. The employee was shocked by the circuit and rendered unconscious.

An employee was placing a channel iron inside an automated vise to secure the iron for cutting with a bandsaw. The vise automatically closed while the employee's left ring finger was between it and the channel iron causing an avulsion injury and hospitalization.

An HVAC mechanic was working on the back of one of the units at Building 182. He attempted to adjust a wire, reached in, and the spinning fan blade contacted his fingers. He suffered multiple lacerations on his fingers and a possible amputation.

An employee was unloading a trailer when a box fell and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.

An employee had been cutting lumber for a shed wall. A load of 16-foot trim pieces fell onto the employee causing vertebrae and ankle fractures.

An employee was unloading 30-foot 2-inch barrels from a pan holding about 20 barrels. The barrels tipped over, striking and breaking both of the employee's lower legs.

An employee was in a sandblasting area, preparing the surface of a plate heat exchanger frame for painting. The frame fell on the employee, who suffered fractures to vertebrae, the neck, pelvis, and rib cage; and punctured lungs.

An employee was installing doors when one of the doors fell on him, fracturing his lower leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee's hand was caught in a conveyor belt as they worked to clear a jam in a piece of equipment. The employee suffered a dislocation to the right elbow, as well as a broken ulna near the elbow, and was hospitalized.

An employee was changing AC filters while on a ladder. The employee stepped up to the second-to-last rung when they slipped and fell about 5 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their scapula and ribs, a collapsed lung, and a back injury.

An employee was performing restoration activities outside a 45-gallon condensation tank of a boiler system. As they were performing post-maintenance activities after repairing one of the two discharge pumps, one of the discharge valves would not open. The employee closed the intake pump to cool off the system and open the discharge valve. Two employees opened the inlet valve to return the tank to service. After they cracked open the inlet valve, a side wall of the tank blew out, causing the injured employee to suffer steam burns to half their body.

On August 19, 2025, an employee became ill and dehydrated after working outdoors for eight hours, participating in training activities. He was hospitalized.

An employee was ascending a fixed ladder and struck his head on an overhead object that was approximately 20 feet above ground level. The employee sustained neck injuries and tingling in his fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.