# Fractures at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls
> OSHA SIR `2023098908` · 9/27/2023 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a fixed scaffold ladder when a guardrail pin came loose. The employee fell 6.5 feet to the floor below, sustaining fractures to the left hip and right wrist.

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