# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Incorporation
> OSHA SIR `20181212809` · 12/13/2018 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Incorporation
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee exited the conex box and stood on a scaffold stairway with guardrails and fell 8.5 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with head and back injuries.

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