# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054156` · 5/2/2025 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object dropped by person
- **Source:** Panels, sheets, plates  metal
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 Jerry St. Pe Hwy, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39568
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a piece of steel plate (25 pounds, 2' x 4' x 1/8") when it slipped and lacerated his arm. The employee was hospitalized with a 10-inch laceration to his right forearm including injuries to tendons and an artery and required surgery.

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