# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
> OSHA SIR `2025010597` · 1/17/2025 · KITTERY, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
- **Location:** Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, KITTERY, MAINE, 03904
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was molding a steel plate using a shaping press when pressure released and the steel plate struck the employee. The employee was knocked to the ground and sustained a lower back injury.

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