OSHA Injury Report: Metro Machine Corp-NASSCO Norfolk

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was dropping off GFM material to be used by a subcontractor to be installed on the ship. SKTR did not bring forklift to the front gate for off flatbed side pickup & did not respond to phone call. Alternative method of delivery used. Employee backed the flatbed to the receiving area and needed to rotate the pallets of the material 90 Deg so it could be offloaded from the truck via forklift on the back of the flatbed.

What happened

Employee was using a material handling hook and pulling the right corner towards themself as they were standing on the left edge of the wet (Rainwater) flatbed. Employee 's hook slipped off the material causing a loss of balance and backwards momentum leading to the employee falling backwards off the flat bed falling roughly feet to the asphalt landing on their buttocks then rolling and slaming their hardhat (Which was on their head) onto the ground.

Injury or illness

head Injury closed Cervical Strain Lumbar Strain

Object or substance involved

Force of bodyweight accelerated by Gravity after a roughly 4ft fall + asphalt cement ground

Summary line

Employee was realigning material on the back of his flatbed when the hook slipped off the material and employee lost their balance and fell backwards off the side of the truck (hard hat was in use).

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.