# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at BAE Systems
> OSHA SIR `2020010406` · 1/14/2020 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, neck, and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on water vehicle
- **Source:** Water vehicle, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BAE Systems
- **Location:** USS Anchorage, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92101
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was inside a mid-level ballast tank onboard an amphibious transport dock (naval vessel). He was walking across the deck and stepped onto a board that was covering an open hole. The board split and the employee fell about 15 feet to the bottom of the tank. He sustained internal bleeding, a brain hematoma, and fractured the C6 and L1 vertebrae.

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