NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER - SAN DIEGO

An employee was doing maintenance work on a projector when he fell from his stepladder and injured his head.

An employee was closing an office door when their middle fingertip was caught between the door and the frame, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was doing a repair in an office building. He was closing a bank vault door when his right index finger became caught between the door and the door frame resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

An employee's left index finger was pinched between a cattle gate and a concrete wall, resulting in amputation of soft tissue and loss of the fingernail.

An employee was delivering mail when their left little finger got caught in a door and the door closed, resulting in amputation.

On December 11, 2023, an employee was transporting equipment for demolition tasks and waiting for the superintendent to open the door. The door closed and amputated the tip of the employee's left thumb.

A doctor was sitting on a rolling stool when it moved out from under him. He fell, landed on his left hip, and suffered a broken left femur. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee entered a resident's room at 8:13 p.m., and was passing medication to the patient when they slipped and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a knee injury that required surgery.

An employee tripped on a pallet and fell onto his right side, suffering a broken right tibia and fibula.

An employee was getting items out of her vehicle when she tripped on her bag and fell to the ground. The employee's arm and lower leg were fractured.

An employee was walking through the department when she tripped and fell over the corner of a pallet. She landed on her right side and sustained a right nondisplaced humerus fracture and multiple nondisplaced rib fractures, resulting in hospitalization.

The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.

The injured employee was assisting in the disassembly phase after a radar array had been lowered and secured. The crew began removing load bearing pins from an overhead crane to free the radome. A load bearing pin was stuck. The injured employee went to remove the pin manually as a second team member applied pressure from the opposite side. The pin unexpectedly released and struck the injured employee s right thumb, resulting in partial amputation of the distal phalanx including an open distal phalanx fracture and nail bed laceration.

An employee was working on an electrical panel in a mechanical room when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns.

At about 3:10 p.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee was inspecting a car. Two dogs that had been in another car were leashed and tethered to a bollard. As the employee inspected the first car along with a narcotics detection dog, one of the other dogs came loose and attacked the narcotics dog. The employee was separating the dogs when the other dog bit his left ring finger. The last joint of the finger was injured and part of it was bitten off.

An employee was preparing a bundle of green onions for chopping. While holding the bundle in his left hand, he made his first cut using a 9-inch kitchen knife held in his right hand. The knife contacted the tip of his left thumb, resulting in an amputation of approximately 0.5 inches of the thumb that required hospitalization.