# Fractures at Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Newport News Shipbuilding
> OSHA SIR `2020065702` · 6/18/2020 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Newport News Shipbuilding
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Ave., NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was utilizing a ram on a jack stand to close a structural gap when the stand kicked out and the ram struck his face. He suffered a fractured jaw and other facial fractures.

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