Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140953.015 - Employee is killed when struck by ballast tank lid

Accident Summary Nr: 140953.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 10/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1562203.015	11/01/2021		336611	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on October 27, 2021, an employee had been opening a ballast tank lid on a pressurized tank when it blew open and struck him in the head and arm causing severe fractures. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Engineering Controls, Fracture, Hatch, Head, High Pressure, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Pressure, Pressure Release, Ship, Shipyard, Skull, Struck By, Tank

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1562203.015	56	M	Fatality		Production testers

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