# Fractures at Ingalls Shipbuilding
> OSHA SIR `2016021858` · 2/29/2016 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ingalls Shipbuilding
- **Location:** 1000 Jerry St. Pe Highway, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39581
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling up lines and a piece of material fell and struck the employee on the shoulder. The employee sustained bruising/hematoma to the left upper back area and compression fractures of three thoracic vertebrae.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*