NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA·2018-06-29

Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries

Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet · Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, 4101 Washington Ave, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA 23607 on 2018-06-29, Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..

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Final narrative

An employee was working on an aircraft carrier in drydock. While climbing across from one tower of free standing staging to another, he fell, landing on the dock floor about 30 feet below. He was hospitalized, having suffered two compound fractures in his left arm that required surgery, bruised kidneys/spleen, and a broken left wrist.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Scaffolds-self-supporting staging

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