# Surface and flesh wounds  unspecified at HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES
> OSHA SIR `2025077310` · 7/26/2025 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Surface and flesh wounds  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Dimensional lumber
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was installing wooden staging planks when they were struck in the leg by a staging plank. The employee was hospitalized with a severe abscess and required surgery.

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