# Bruises, contusions at BAE SYSTEMS SAN DIEGO SHIP REPAIR INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016098855` · 9/19/2016 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** BAE SYSTEMS SAN DIEGO SHIP REPAIR INC.
- **Location:** USS Russell, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92113
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee fell from a stepladder after losing his balance while performing needle gun operations, suffering a contusion and a possible fracture to the right hip.

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