# Fractures at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110117` · 11/2/2023 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 Jerry St Pe' Highway, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39568
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving material from a scaffold system when they fell approximately 6.5 feet into a metal hopper. The employee sustained a laceration to the forehead and fractured ribs on the right side.

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