Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was spotting for a forklift driver while it was moving 20-foot long I-beams. The employee walked into a gap about 3 feet wide, between the stacks of I-beams the operator was lifting.
As the operator was raising the load of steel with a combi-lift, the front stack started to tilt forward. The operator quickly lowered the steel to keep the front stack from toppling over onto the injured employee, but the front stack had passed the tipping point and the steel fell onto the employee's left leg, breaking it.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.