OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221440373
NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING DIVISION OF HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES
NEWPORT NEWS, VA·
Event description
Employee fractures finger while using hammer
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:45 p.m. on February 11, 2022, an employee used a hammer to remove loosened coupling bolts from the main shaft coupling located in the shaft alley of a submarine. Then, he struck his left middle finger, suffering a crush injury resulting in an open fracture of a tuft of the distal phalanx. The employee was hospitalized to treat the injury.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 637
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