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1,018 OSHA severe injury reports in WEST VIRGINIA.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 1,018 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2020 | DIAMOND ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CORP | ELEANOR, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 31, 2019 | Beaver Excavating Company | CHESTER, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Dec 31, 2019 | Allegheny Wood Products International | PETERSBURG, West Virginia | Fall while sitting | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 5, 2019 | Gudenkauf Corporation | HARRISVILLE, West Virginia | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Nov 22, 2019 | Jefferson Medical Center | RANSON, West Virginia | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Nov 21, 2019 | Tecnocap, LLC | GLEN DALE, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 14, 2019 | Harris Brothers Roofing Company, Inc. | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Nov 12, 2019 | Venture Contracting, LLC | WEST UNION, West Virginia | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 12, 2019 | UPS | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 11, 2019 | Greenbrier Hotel Corporation | WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 10, 2019 | Cornerstone Building Brands | HARRISVILLE, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Crushing injuries | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 6, 2019 | All American Recycling | COLLIERS, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 5, 2019 | March-Westin Company, Inc | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 4, 2019 | Penspen Corporation | CHAPMANVILLE, West Virginia | Struck against object or equipment, unspecified | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Oct 31, 2019 | Allied Waste Service of North America, LLC | FAIRMONT, West Virginia | Struck by discharged object or substance | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 30, 2019 | Orders Construction Company Inc. | LOGAN, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 30, 2019 | Asplundh Tree Expert Company | NEW CUMBERLAND, West Virginia | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 25, 2019 | Clay's Performance Construction LLC | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 25, 2019 | Wheeling Newspaper Inc. | WHEELING, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 23, 2019 | Nelson Tree Service, LLC. | BELVA, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 22, 2019 | Asplundh Tree Expert Company | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 15, 2019 | Marathon Petroleum Company | KENOVA, West Virginia | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 15, 2019 | Wolf's Landscaping Plus | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Cuts, lacerations | Forehead | Amputation |
| Oct 10, 2019 | Asplundh Tree Expert Company LLC | SISTERSVILLE, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Sacral region | Hospitalized |
| Oct 8, 2019 | Stalnaker Energy Services LLC | PENNSBORO, West Virginia | Nonclassifiable | Loss of consciousness-not heat related | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Oct 7, 2019 | Metro Masonry Inc. | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 3, 2019 | Grant County Mulch | BRUCETON MILLS, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Sep 20, 2019 | Buckhannon Upshur Work Adjustment Center | BUCKHANNON, West Virginia | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Sep 20, 2019 | Jay-Bee Oil & Gas, Inc. | ELLENBORO, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 19, 2019 | Amedisys West Virginia, LLC | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 16, 2019 | StoneMor Partners L.P. | GLASGOW, West Virginia | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 10, 2019 | ProVantage Corporate Solutions | SUMMERSVILLE, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 10, 2019 | U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons | BRUCETON MILLS, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Sep 9, 2019 | Belflex Staffing Network LLC | SOUTH CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Keystone Clearwater Solutions, LLC | MOUNDSVILLE, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway | Amputations | Foot (feet), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Heritage Environmental Services | CLARKSBURG, West Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Multiple effects of heat and light | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Parkline Inc. | ELEANOR, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Avulsions, enucleations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 22, 2019 | Orkin | POCA, West Virginia | Bites and stings, unspecified | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 19, 2019 | AHF Products | BEVERLY, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 14, 2019 | Jaflo, Inc | MANNINGTON, West Virginia | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 29, 2019 | ArcelorMittal Weirton, LLC | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Jul 29, 2019 | ArcelorMittal Weirton, LLC | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Townsend Tree Service Company, LLC | CALVIN, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jul 15, 2019 | Ward's Pipeline Mowing. LLC | WEST MILFORD, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jul 15, 2019 | All Reliable Services | SHEPHERDSTOWN, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Mountain State Carbon, LLC | FOLLANSBEE, West Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 11, 2019 | Jupitar Aluminum | BEECH BOTTOM, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jul 10, 2019 | Niche Polymer, LLC | RAVENSWOOD, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jul 9, 2019 | U.S. Department of Justice | GLENVILLE, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 9, 2019 | Beitzel Corporation | CAMERON, West Virginia | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | 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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