Shipyard (i.e., facility capable of building ships) · Virginia
Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Newport News, VA · ~24,543 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 2
- Fatalities
The verdict
Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Shipyard (i.e., facility capable of building ships) workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 2
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries falls in its industry
488 Shipyard (i.e., facility capab establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 85 Shipyard (i.e., facility capab employers in Virginia.
Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries has an average TCR of 4.8, which is 146% of the industry average (3.3) for Shipyard (i.e., facility capable of building ships). This is worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Between 2016 and 2024, Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 4.7 to 4.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 2% increase across 8 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 4.3, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 5.7, a spread of 1.4 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 8 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 8 reporting years, Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries recorded 7,097 total injuries and illnesses and 2 fatalities. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 336611 - Shipyard (i.e., facility capable of building ships).
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1,028 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 54,694,260 hours worked = 3.76 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (this establishment) | 4.81 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Fishing boat, commercial, building industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 336611 |
| Virginia state avg (all industries) | 4.16 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 1,307 reportable incidents · 931 injuries, 376 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 1,412 reportable incidents · 1,059 injuries, 353 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 1,469 reportable incidents · 1,132 injuries, 337 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 1,264 reportable incidents · 880 injuries, 384 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 1,206 reportable incidents · 857 injuries, 348 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 1,047 reportable incidents · 775 injuries, 271 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 913 reportable incidents · 622 injuries, 291 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 946 reportable incidents · 841 injuries, 105 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 931 | 376 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 1,059 | 353 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 1,132 | 337 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 880 | 384 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 857 | 348 | 1 |
| 2018 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 775 | 271 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 622 | 291 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 841 | 105 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries's reported OSHA injury record versus its Shipyard (i.e., facility capable of building ships) peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 146% of the Shipyard (i.e., facility capable of building ships) benchmark, Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Shipyard (i.e., facility capable of building ships) sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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