# Cuts, lacerations at Huntington Ingalls Industries Virginia
> OSHA SIR `2016053654` · 5/1/2016 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Surfacing handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Huntington Ingalls Industries Virginia
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was struck by his blast hose and sustained a laceration to the right forearm that required in-patient hospitalization on May 1, 2016.

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