# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Ingalls Shipbuilding
> OSHA SIR `2019032815` · 3/18/2019 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Ingalls Shipbuilding
- **Location:** 1000 Jerry St. Pe'Highway, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39567
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending a piece of 1-inch-thick, 6-inch-wide, 6-foot-long flat steel in a press fitted with a four-way die. One of the fins on the die broke, allowing the steel to fall and strike the employee's right leg above the knee. The employee suffered a contusion and swelling and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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