MOBILE, ALABAMA—
Austal USA, LLC
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Austal USA, LLC, 100 Addsco Road, MOBILE, ALABAMA 36602 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was welding on a ship panel approximately 4.5 feet from the ground in the modular manufacturing facility. The employee started to pull on his welding lead, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his pelvis, hip, and right humerus.
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MOBILE, ALABAMA—
Austal USA, LLC
On 2/18/2025, at around 11:15 AM, an employee was rigging up a G/T fan. He went to step over a hatch, tripped on the hatch handle, and fell, striking his side on a piece of scaffold bar that was at floor level. The employee sustained three broken ribs and a punctured lung.
MOBILE, ALABAMA—
AUSTAL USA, LLC.
An employee was using a plasma cutter that was set up on a self-propelled track system to bevel the edge of a four-sided plate. The employee's right thigh was impaled by a piece of slag metal and he suffered burns to his right leg.
MOBILE, ALABAMA—
Austal USA, LLC
An employee was riding in a basket being lifted by a crane to a ship deck. His left index finger was caught between a ledge on a wall and the basket rail, resulting in a fingertip amputation just above the nail bed.
MOBILE, ALABAMA—
Austal USA, LLC
An employee was tacking a below-the-hook lifting device to a crane pedestal on a large circular foundation. While using a bottle jack to press down on the pedestal, the tacks broke causing the saddle to fall and strike the employee's fingers. The employee's left index finger was amputated.
MOBILE, ALABAMA—
Austal USA, LLC
An employee was stepping down from a scaffold in a module manufacturing facility. The employee slipped on a pipe running through the module and fell approximately 3 feet to the floor of the module, landing on his right side. The employee was hospitalized with bulging discs in the neck.
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