Hampton, VA

Virginia operates its own OSHA-approved State Plan covering private-sector workplaces, so most enforcement in Hampton, VA is state-run. The federal OSHA records on this page cover only workplaces under federal jurisdiction — they are not a complete picture of workplace safety in the city.

Employers with the most severe injuries in Hampton

Example incidents

• BLB Privatized Housing, LLC HAMPTON, VIRGINIA · 2024-06-23 · Exposure to environmental heat indoor

  An employee had been doing HVAC work in residential attics. The employee was hospitalized with heat exhaustion.

• NASA Langley Research Center HAMPTON, VIRGINIA · 2023-11-03 · Fall on same level due to tripping over an object

  An employee was loosening a bolt when they lost their balance and tripped over a beam on the floor, falling to the concrete florr and suffering a broken femur. The employee was hospitalized.

• Virginia-Carolina Steel Inc HAMPTON, VIRGINIA · 2021-03-24 · Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker

  A temporary employee was on a step ladder adjusting an open-web bar joist in the overhead of a hanger bay. The joist slipped and as the employee grabbed the joist, it lacerated the palm of the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized.

• Precon Marine Inc. HAMPTON, VIRGINIA · 2019-12-31 · Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle

  An employee was working from a barge, stabilizing a pier. While the employee was removing dunnage, the employee's left middle and ring fingers were caught between an H-beam and a steel plate. The ring fingertip was surgically amputated.

• Department of Veterans Administration Medical Center HAMPTON, VIRGINIA · 2015-06-11 · Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

  On Thursday, 06/11/2015 at 2:15 PM an employee at the Hampton VA Medical Center was injured on the job in the Main Kitchen (Building 116/Room 103) of the Nutrition & Food Services Department (N&FS). The employee had finished with food production efforts for the day and began daily sanitation/clean-up efforts. The employee was responsible for cleaning and sanitizing a 100-gallon kettle. At the time of the injury, the equipment was left in the "on" position; the paddles were rotating; and the probe had been removed from the bottom of the kettle thereby creating a small circular opening. The employee was cleaning out the circular opening (finger in upright position through the hole) when the paddle struck his finger. The paddle severed 1/2 inch of his middle finger on his left hand. Bone was visible. The employee was rushed to the Emergency Room for re-attachment efforts.

• Jacobs Tidewater Operations Group HAMPTON, VIRGINIA · 2015-02-22 · Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet

  Employee was injured in an 18-foot fall from an access platform between two boilers when the catwalk grating gave way. Employee suffered a broken pelvis, fractured ribs, and a dislocated shoulder.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.