Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Hernias due to traumatic incidents
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA 23607
on — Hernias due to traumatic incidents, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was serving as a spotter for the adjustment of staging when several of the staging planks became dislodged and fell to the ground. One of the planks bounced far enough to strike the employee in the back. The employee was hospitalized with an umbilical hernia and had surgery.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersWood, lumber, unspecified
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