GENERAL DYNAMICS NASSCO

An employee was tasked with pulling an 8.2-millimeter cable from overhead while on a ship. They were using a 6-foot, leaning step ladder in the A-frame position and standing on the second rung from the top. As they were reaching for the cable, the ladder tipped forward, causing them to lose balance and fall to the ground. The employee's right ankle was caught in the ladder rung when they lost balance, resulting in a fractured ankle.

An employee was working on the bottom of a littoral combat ship with a water jet propulsion system instead of a rudder. The employee was hammering a pin out of one of the cylinders of the propulsion system when the pin came out and the cylinder retracted. The employee's left middle finger was pinched by the cylinder, resulting in the partial amputation.

An employee was conducting cathodic protection anode work in a tank onboard a vessel. The employee fell approximately 5-8 feet from the bulkhead of the ship and struck the left side of their ribs. The employee sustained a ruptured spleen.

An employee was performing continuity testing on a circuit breaker. An alligator clip touched energized parts of the circuit breaker, causing an arc flash. The employee suffered second- and third-degree burns.

An employee was helping a coworker re-energize a fire pump. There was a very loud bang, and the employee was struck in the middle of his back by an electric charge from the casualty power biscuit for the fire pump, which was behind him. A hole was burned through his shirt and there was a 2.5- to 3-inch circular black mark on his bare skin.

An employee was installing wood trim surrounding a skylight inside a home. While holding a piece of trim in it's desired location, his pneumatic nail gun discharged, sending a 3/4-inch pin nail into his left forearm.

An employee removed a safety valve on a trailer that unknowingly contained nitrogen gas. The gas released from the trailer and pushed the employee backward off a scaffold approximately 10 feet before they struck a garage door, resulting in a pelvic injury.

An employee was sitting at her workstation when a nail gun malfunctioned and shot a nail into her left leg. She suffered a puncture and blood vessel injury and was hospitalized.

On November 25, 2023, an employee was using a high-pressured water hose to perform sewer line cleaning operations. The employee's right little finger and palm were lacerated by pressurized water from the hose.

An employee was hydroblasting when they slipped and the pressurized water stream lacerated their left ankle.

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

An employee was struck by a plasma cutter and suffered a broken left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was preparing to bend a flat bar in a brake press. When the machine was jogged, the stock rotated up and crushed his left middle fingertip against the outer frame of the die. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee was cutting metal with a torch. A piece of metal struck the employee's left foot, causing multiple fractures to metatarsal(s). The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was descending a ladder carrying a bag of trash. He fell, landed on the ground about 10 feet below, and suffered fractures to his right hip and pelvis.

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.