# Fractures at Huntington Ingalls Industries
> OSHA SIR `2018099832` · 9/22/2018 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Huntington Ingalls Industries
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was punching holes in steel plates and caught their hand between the punch and the steel plates causing an open displaced fracture to the middle and distal phalanx of the left index finger with injury to the distal nerve.

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