# Fractures at BAE Systems Hawaii Shipyards
> OSHA SIR `2019066422` · 6/25/2019 · PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BAE Systems Hawaii Shipyards
- **Location:** USS Vessel, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, 96860
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was opening a 150-pound 5-foot by 3-foot metal hatch on a ship while standing on a 6-stair inclined stairway. The hatch fell on the employee and fractured his wrist and T6 vertebra.

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