Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., 501 Ingalls Avenue, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI 39567
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was smoothing out the surface of an anchor bolster with a grinder. The employee stopped using the grinder to reposition it and it actuated, lacerating the employee's left knee.
HospitalizedKnee(s)Hand grinders-powered
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