Severe Workplace Injuries in San Diego, California

Nov 16, 2025 · Naval Air Station- Coronodo Hospitalized

An employee was carrying rigging gear onboard an aircraft carrier. They were transitioning down a 25-foot incline ladder when their foot slipped causing them to fall onto their back and slide down the rest of the ladder to the concrete floor. The employee sustained two fractured vertebrae. Oil on the ladder and rain made for slippery conditions.

Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back · Public administration

Nov 7, 2025 · General Dynamic NASSCO Amputation

An employee was using a pallet jack to move a 430-pound wooden crate through a doorway. They went to adjust the crate on the jack when the crate shifted and caught their hand against the deck, resulting in a partial amputation without bone loss.

Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Oct 4, 2025 · Dept. of Defense - USN Hospitalized

An employee was working on an electrical panel in a mechanical room when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns.

Exposure to electric arc · Part of body · Public administration · OSHA inspection 1854538

Sep 2, 2025 · General Dynamics NASSCO Hospitalized

An employee was tasked with pulling an 8.2-millimeter cable from overhead while on a ship. They were using a 6-foot, leaning step ladder in the A-frame position and standing on the second rung from the top. As they were reaching for the cable, the ladder tipped forward, causing them to lose balance and fall to the ground. The employee's right ankle was caught in the ladder rung when they lost balance, resulting in a fractured ankle.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing

Aug 3, 2025 · U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Hospitalized

An employee was walking around a patient bed when her left leg slipped on liquid and left her in a splits position. She did not fall, and prevented herself from falling by grabbing the bedside rail. The employee sustained tearing of the anterosuperior labrum, partial tearing and tendinosis at the distal/insertional gluteus minimus tendon, and a strain of the distal iliopsoas muscle/tendon with bursitis adjacent to the lesser trochanter.

Fall on same level and catch oneself · Trunk and other lower extremities · Health care and social assistance

Jul 1, 2025 · ADEP Precision Contracting Hospitalized

On July 1, 2025, an employee was descending a scaffold that was 20 to 25 feet high when their foot became caught and they fell 7 to 8 feet from the scaffold. The employee sustained a fractured ankle.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Ankle(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1835234

Jun 3, 2025 · General Dynamics NASSCO Amputation

An employee was working on the bottom of a littoral combat ship with a water jet propulsion system instead of a rudder. The employee was hammering a pin out of one of the cylinders of the propulsion system when the pin came out and the cylinder retracted. The employee's left middle finger was pinched by the cylinder, resulting in the partial amputation.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1829157

Jun 3, 2025 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized

An employee was delivering mail when she fell approximately 4 feet from the back of her mail truck. The employee sustained a fractured and dislocated left arm that required surgery.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Arm(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Dec 9, 2024 · AMP United Hospitalized

Employees were dismantling scaffolding on a navy ship. The injured employee was standing on the 01 level weather deck, receiving scaffold material from the 02 level scaffold structure. A screw jack (weighing approximately 10 pounds) was tossed to the injured employee and his right little finger was caught between the screw jack and the bulkhead. The employee sustained an open fracture to the finger.

Struck by other propelled object or substance (other) · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Dec 2, 2024 · General Dynamics Information Technology Hospitalized

White smoke formed from hot work operations on a missile destroyer and employees were instructed to evacuate the ship. An employee struck their hard hat on a scaffold on the fifth level weather deck and lost their balance. The employee dislocated their left knee and fractured their femur.

Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle · Knee(s) and leg(s) · Professional and technical services

Nov 21, 2024 · L3Harris Technologies, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was leaving a meeting at a customer site. As they were descending an interior staircase, the employee lost their footing on the last step and fell forward, landing on both knees on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a bilateral patellar tendon tear.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Knee(s) · Manufacturing

Oct 22, 2024 · Waterhorse Charters Hospitalized

An employee had been preparing a 38-foot dive boat for an upcoming trip. He went to retrieve coffee (stock) from a 46-foot boat that was tied to the dock and was undergoing maintenance. Upon walking onto this boat, the employee fell down an open manhole and contacted various pieces of compressed air equipment. The employee sustained four broken ribs, a pneumothorax, and bruised knees.

Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle · Multiple trunk locations · Transportation and warehousing

Sep 13, 2024 · GENERAL DYNAMICS NASSCO Hospitalized

An employee was conducting cathodic protection anode work in a tank onboard a vessel. The employee fell approximately 5-8 feet from the bulkhead of the ship and struck the left side of their ribs. The employee sustained a ruptured spleen.

Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle · Other digestive structures (other) · Manufacturing

Sep 13, 2024 · BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was descending a vertical ladder on a vessel with a grinder and combination level in his left hand. The employee's gloved hand lost grip and he fell to the deck, striking a ready service locker mounting bracket. He fell approximately 6-8 feet and sustained a fractured sacrum.

Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle · Back sacral region · Manufacturing

Jul 16, 2024 · AUSTAL USA Amputation

An employee was installing an interceptor blade onto a ship when his hand was caught between the ship and the blade. The employee sustained a partial amputation to two fingers on their left hand.

Contact incidents · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1762948

Apr 3, 2024 · Naval Base San Diego Hospitalized

An employee was driving a vehicle through a gate when the vehicle struck the final denial barrier (FDB), resulting in fractured ribs, soft tissue injuries, and a brain bleed.

Nonroadway collision with object or animal (other) · Brain · Public administration

Apr 2, 2024 · Conekt2 Inc Hospitalized

An employee was inspecting a site to verify the locations of power poles. While standing in a driveway and beginning to inspect a secondary pole, the employee was attacked by three dogs, sustaining over 50 lacerations and puncture wounds, the worst of which were on their calf muscles on both legs.

Non-venomous animal bites except "bugs" · Lower leg(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Mar 28, 2024 · Global Entry / SENTRI Enrollment Center Hospitalized

An employee was being wheeled to the pedestrian door of the cargo entrance when their wheelchair got caught on an uneven paved path. The employee fell forward out of the wheelchair and hit the concrete pavement, fracturing their femur.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Thigh(s) · Public administration

Mar 25, 2024 · Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific - NIWC Amputation

An employee was on a pier mooring a small, rigid inflatable boat. Their fingers were caught between the boat recovery line and the pier piling when the recovery line came under significant strain due to rough seas, resulting in a severe laceration to the left index finger and medical amputation of the left middle finger.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Mar 13, 2024 · Naval Base San Diego Hospitalized

An employee was troubleshooting a ground in a street light circuit when they received an electric shock, resulting in burns to their left hand.

Direct exposure to electricity · Hand(s), finger(s) · Professional and technical services

Jan 18, 2024 · Federal Bureau of Prisons - MCC San Diego Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning up dishes and food utensils from breakfast in the food service dish area when he slipped on the wet floor and fell. The employee's fourth and fifth digits on the right hand were fractured.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Other finger(s) (other) · Public administration

Jan 12, 2024 · IMIA, LLC Amputation

An employee was using a grinder operating at 5,000 rotations per minute (RPM). The grinder also had an offset deck crawler-scarifier attachment with an enclosed vacuum shroud and a built-in handle. The employee stepped on the trailing power cord, began to fall, and lost his grip on the deck crawler-scarifier, which was approximately 15 pounds. The tool's rotating head contacted the adjacent metal rail, causing the deck crawler-scarifier to flip onto its backside exposing the rotating scarifier teeth. When the employee attempted to brace himself using his left hand, his glove contacted the scarifier teeth, causing severe lacerations to his left index and middle fingers and partial degloving of his left ring finger. The severity of the injury resulted in the partial amputation of the left index, middle, and ring fingers.

Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Jan 9, 2024 · United States Postal Service Hospitalized

An employee had finished weighing a container using a floor scale and was pushing the container through a doorway. The employee's foot got caught in the door frame, causing them to fall onto their right hip.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Dec 1, 2023 · USPS Hospitalized

An employee was spotting for a scissor lift when their foot was run over by the lift. The employee sustained broken bones in their foot and required surgery.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Foot (feet) · Transportation and warehousing

Oct 27, 2023 · Naval Base San Diego NAVFAC Southwest Metro Production Department Hospitalized

On October 30, 2023, an employee was boarding a bus when they smelled something on the bus and began to feel sick. The freon line was loose and had leaked into the passenger compartment. The employee was hospitalized.

Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Other services

Sep 16, 2023 · Naval Base San Diego Hospitalized

On September 16, 2023, a crew was going to perform maintenance on electrical equipment in a manhole located in the parking lot. The manhole cover was stuck due to corrosion. An employee was using a manhole cover removal bar when it broke about 4 inches from the bottom and caused the employee to stumble. He fell backward to the ground and sustained a fractured right tibia that required hospitalization and surgery.

Fall on same level (other) · Lower leg(s) · Public administration

Jul 24, 2023 · Public Works Contractor, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee had been working on HVAC duct repair on a roof. The employee was descending a fixed ladder on the side of the building when he slipped on the fifth rung and fell approximately 5 feet to the grass. The employee sustained injury to their scapula and fractures to their clavicle and ribs.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Multiple body parts · Construction

Jun 16, 2023 · International Marine and Industrial Applicators, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was abrasive blasting in the fan room on a ship. He backed into a 12-inch dust collector chute. The suction pulled the employee's left shoulder into the chute and the employee lost control of the blasting hose. Blast media caused an avulsion to the employee's upper right bicep.

Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle · Upper arm(s) · Manufacturing

Apr 24, 2023 · Federal Bureau of Prisons - MCC San Diego Hospitalized

An employee was knocked down while trying to break up a fight between inmates. His head and upper body struck the metal seat of a dining table before he landed on the concrete floor. He suffered head trauma and a shoulder injury.

Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional · Brain · Public administration

Mar 21, 2023 · Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest Region (NAVFAC) Amputation

An employee was disassembling shelving to change out a racking system for a compressor system when the metal brace fell and amputated half an inch of his left little finger.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services