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1,027 OSHA severe injury reports in WEST VIRGINIA.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 1,027 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Jul 8, 2019 | Allegheny Wood Products, Inc | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 3, 2019 | Instant Growth Hydro Seeding | MASONTOWN, West Virginia | Vehicle or machinery fire | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 2, 2019 | Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha & Putnam | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Jun 29, 2019 | Michels Corporation | METZ, West Virginia | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Jaw, chin | Hospitalized |
| Jun 28, 2019 | Price Gregory International | QUINWOOD, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Cuts, lacerations | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 19, 2019 | Helmerich and Payne IDC | WEST UNION, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Avulsions, enucleations | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 18, 2019 | Sogefi USA, Inc | PRICHARD, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jun 13, 2019 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | GALLIPOLIS FERRY, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 10, 2019 | West Virginia Paving, Inc. | MOUNT STORM, West Virginia | Ran off driving surface, nonroadway | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jun 3, 2019 | System One Holdings LLC | MINERAL WELLS, West Virginia | Walking, without other incident-single episode | Circulatory system diseases, unspecified | Heart | Hospitalized |
| May 31, 2019 | Lowes Home Center #1805 | CLARKSBURG, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 28, 2019 | Cintas Corporation | SAINT ALBANS, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 27, 2019 | Kroger | MOUNDSVILLE, West Virginia | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 26, 2019 | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | MOOREFIELD, West Virginia | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| May 25, 2019 | First Energy Generation Corporation | HAYWOOD, West Virginia | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrical burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 16, 2019 | Nabors Drilling USA | PROCTOR, West Virginia | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 14, 2019 | Columbia West Virginia Corp | CRAIGSVILLE, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| May 10, 2019 | Allegheny Wood Products, Inc. | KINGWOOD, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| May 1, 2019 | Asplundh Tree Expert LLC | CLARKSBURG, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Apr 30, 2019 | Adventure WV LLC | LANSING, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 30, 2019 | S.J. Morse Company | CAPON BRIDGE, West Virginia | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 24, 2019 | Asplundh Tree Expert Co. | HARPERS FERRY, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 24, 2019 | REM Community Options | FOLLANSBEE, West Virginia | Fall on same level, unspecified | Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Apr 16, 2019 | Weyerhaeuser | BUCKHANNON, West Virginia | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Federal Bureau of Prisons - Glenville | GLENVILLE, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Hand(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Apr 12, 2019 | WVA Manufacturing | ALLOY, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Apr 11, 2019 | Meadow River Hardwood Lumber Company, LLC | RAINELLE, West Virginia | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Apr 10, 2019 | The Greenbrier | WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Valley Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center, Inc | TERRA ALTA, West Virginia | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Mar 30, 2019 | Jay-Bee Oil & Gas, Inc. | CAIRO, West Virginia | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified | Multiple face locations | Hospitalized |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Grant County Mulch, Inc. | HAZELTON, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Mar 22, 2019 | QUAD GRAPHICS | MARTINSBURG, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Mar 19, 2019 | Chapman Corporation | WEST UNION, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Mar 18, 2019 | Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. | HACKER VALLEY, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Mar 14, 2019 | Twin River Hardwood Inc. | SOUTHSIDE, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Mar 13, 2019 | Asplundh Tree Expert Company | SUMERCO, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Mar 10, 2019 | REM West Virginia | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Mar 6, 2019 | J-Wood Contracting LLC | SALEM, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 6, 2019 | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC | BURNT HOUSE, West Virginia | Fall, slip, trip, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 5, 2019 | CAMC WOMENS & CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 28, 2019 | Allegheny Wood Products, LLC. | RIVERTON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Leg(s), unspecified | Amputation |
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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