# Fractures at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding
> OSHA SIR `2024043777` · 4/30/2024 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
## Employer
- **Name:** Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Ave, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using the carbon arc cutting process to remove horizontal and vertical block tacks holding the command and control system module foundation in place. Chain falls and pull lifts were holding the foundation in place. The foundation shifted and the employee suffered multiple fractures to his wrist and arm.

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