Incident date: 2023-07-21
NAICS industry code: 336611

A shipyard electrician was pulling cable while inside the mid-deck of a U.S. Navy vessel that was being constructed. He walked around the corner as he was carrying the cable with three other employees and fell through a hatch to the floor below. The employee sustained torn ligaments in the kneecap.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate