OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221409535

INGALLS SHIPBUILDING, INC

PASCAGOULA, MS· 2021-10-27T00:00:00

Event: Air Pressure, Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Engineering Controls, Fracture, Hatch, Head, High Pressure, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Pressure, Pressure Release, Ship, Shipyard, Skull, Struck By, Tank
NAICS: 336611
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345622039
Employer profile: INGALLS SHIPBUILDING, INC
Summary number: 221409535
Report ID: 0419400

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by ballast tank lid

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on October 27, 2021, an employee had been opening a ballast tank lid on a pressurized tank when it blew open and struck him in the head and arm causing severe fractures. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
797

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