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349 OSHA severe injury reports in VIRGINIA.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 349 workplace severe injury reports with employer names, locations, and incident details. Each report documents a hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss as reported to OSHA. Use the filters below to narrow results.
| Date | Employer | Location | Event | Nature | Body Part | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2020 | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 21, 2020 | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Fall on water vehicle | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 18, 2020 | TECNICO CORPORATION | NORFOLK, Virginia | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 10, 2020 | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jun 29, 2020 | Innovative Cutting, Inc | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jun 20, 2020 | Tecnico Corporation | NORFOLK, Virginia | Fall on water vehicle | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 18, 2020 | Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Newport News Shipbuilding | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Multiple face locations | Hospitalized |
| Jun 17, 2020 | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jun 15, 2020 | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | MANASSAS, Virginia | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 10, 2020 | Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Newport News Shipbuilding | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface | Pinched nerve | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Apr 4, 2020 | U.S. Coast Guard Base Portsmouth | PORTSMOUTH, Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Mar 13, 2020 | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Second degree chemical burns and corrosions | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 27, 2020 | NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic PWD | PORTSMOUTH, Virginia | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Feb 19, 2020 | Newport News Shipbuilding Div. of Huntington Ingalls Inc. | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 14, 2020 | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingals Incorporated | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 12, 2020 | Turn Key Scaffold, LLC | NORFOLK, Virginia | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet | Fractures | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 31, 2019 | Precon Marine Inc. | HAMPTON, Virginia | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 22, 2019 | Virginia International Terminals | PORTSMOUTH, Virginia | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 21, 2019 | Washington Headquarters Services | ARLINGTON, Virginia | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Pelvic region, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 25, 2019 | Gryphon Technologies | NORFOLK, Virginia | Vehicle or machinery fire | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 20, 2019 | Morale Welfare and Recreation | VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. | Amputations | Hand(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Sep 3, 2019 | Norfolk Naval Shipyard | PORTSMOUTH, Virginia | Struck by discharged object or substance | Cuts, lacerations | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 15, 2019 | Procon Enterprise Inc. | FORT LEE, Virginia | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jul 29, 2019 | NEXCOM | VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 21, 2019 | U.S. Army Garrison Fort Lee | FORT LEE, Virginia | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jul 20, 2019 | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Hernias due to traumatic incidents | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Dan Daniels Distribution Center | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 12, 2019 | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | NORFOLK, Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 2, 2019 | GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | NORFOLK, Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 11, 2019 | Colonna's Shipyard Inc | NORFOLK, Virginia | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Amputations | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jun 3, 2019 | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingals Incorporated | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| May 8, 2019 | BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair | NORFOLK, Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Avulsions, enucleations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 7, 2019 | BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair | NORFOLK, Virginia | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Apr 30, 2019 | Adams Construction Company | FORT LEE, Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Federal Bureau of Investigations Academy | QUANTICO, Virginia | Multiple types of overexertions and bodily reactions | Dizziness-general | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Apr 17, 2019 | AMP United, LLC | PORTSMOUTH, Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Multiple effects of heat and light | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Apr 9, 2019 | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Incorporated | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Struck by discharged object or substance | Cuts, lacerations | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 24, 2019 | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Incorporated | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 15, 2019 | Dan Daniels Distribution Center | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 5, 2019 | U.S. Postal Service | MERRIFIELD, Virginia | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Feb 6, 2019 | Emcor Government Services | ARLINGTON, Virginia | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Ukpea?vik I?upiat Corporation (UIC) | ALEXANDRIA, Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jan 23, 2019 | NAVAL WEAPONS STATION | YORKTOWN, Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Jan 23, 2019 | Bureau of Prisons FCC Petersburg | PETERSBURG, Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Crushing injuries | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jan 18, 2019 | Bureau of Prisons FCC Petersburg | PETERSBURG, Virginia | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jan 15, 2019 | E.F. Thompson, Inc. | SANDSTON, Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Bruises, contusions | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Hospitalized |
| Jan 14, 2019 | U.S. Postal Service | FAIRFAX, Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Dec 13, 2018 | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Incorporation | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Head and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Nov 20, 2018 | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Struck by discharged object or substance | Open wounds, unspecified | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 20, 2018 | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries | NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
Frequently Asked Questions
OSHA requires employers to report all workplace injuries resulting in hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours. Each report in this database includes the employer name, full address, a description of the event, the nature of injury, and a detailed narrative of what happened.
The most common severe workplace injuries include amputations, fractures, crushing injuries, burns, and multiple injuries. Falls, being struck by objects, caught-in/between incidents, and exposure to harmful substances are among the most common event types.
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