# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at General Dynamics - Nassco Norfolk
> OSHA SIR `2022032068` · 3/7/2022 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
## Employer
- **Name:** General Dynamics - Nassco Norfolk
- **Location:** 200 Ligon Street, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23523
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

At 9:30 a.m. on March 7, 2022, an employee was operating a drill press when the drill paddle bit became hung up in the block. The employee began backing out the bit, and was trying to pry it free, when the shaft of the bit bent. When it came out of the block, it came around and struck the employee in the left elbow, then the upper left side of his ribs. He suffered a collapsed lung, as well as a laceration, and was hospitalized.

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