# Fractures at NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD
> OSHA SIR `2017065947` · 6/28/2017 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Street, road, driveway-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD
- **Location:** NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23709
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was walking to catch a shuttle bus in the shipyard when a knee gave out. The employee fell and landed on the right hand, fracturing the right wrist and breaking the left tibia.

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