# Fractures at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024099034` · 9/27/2024 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 jerry St. Pe Hwy, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39567
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on scaffolding when he stepped on an unsecured section of piping and fell. The employee's left arm struck part of the scaffold structure, resulting in a fracture to the upper arm.

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