# Cuts, lacerations at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2019043683` · 4/9/2019 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Incorporated
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was abrasive blasting a metal platform with aluminum oxide. The abrasive medium struck the employee above the left knee, causing a severe laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

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