# Fractures at PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD
> OSHA SIR `2019043714` · 4/10/2019 · BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Water vehicle, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD
- **Location:** CVN68 USS Nimitz Pier B, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, 98314
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working near a drive shaft on a naval vessel. He ducked under the propulsion shaft and his hard hat struck the shaft causing a broken vertebra in his neck. He was hospitalized.

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