# Fractures at MHI Ship Repair and Services
> OSHA SIR `2021032393` · 3/20/2021 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MHI Ship Repair and Services
- **Location:** 1215 Warrington Ave, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23507
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

Employees were lifting a 3-foot by 3-foot, 250-pound cover. A knot failed and the cover fell to the bottom of a hole, striking an employee's left foot. The employee suffered three broken bones.

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