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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2019 | Polymer Alliance Services, LLC. | WASHINGTON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Hand(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Feb 5, 2019 | Mark West Energy Partners | DALLAS, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Feb 4, 2019 | ST. MARYS VETERINARY CLINIC | SAINT MARYS, West Virginia | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 2, 2019 | SNOWSHOE MOUNTAIN INC. | SNOWSHOE, West Virginia | Injured by physical contact with other person in sporting event or physical training | Cuts, lacerations | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 30, 2019 | ABF Freight Systems Inc. | NITRO, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 22, 2019 | PNGI Charles Town Gaming LLC | CHARLES TOWN, West Virginia | Trip from stepping into a hole without fall | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 22, 2019 | Addivant USA, LLC | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 21, 2019 | Waste Management of WV, Inc. | CHESTER, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 17, 2019 | LOWE'S HOME CENTERS INC. | LOGAN, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Republic Services | WELLSBURG, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Crushing injuries | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 14, 2019 | Congo Corp | NEWELL, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 14, 2019 | Marsh Bellofram Corporation | NEWELL, West Virginia | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jan 14, 2019 | Allied Universal Security Services | MAIDSVILLE, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple pelvic region locations | Hospitalized |
| Jan 11, 2019 | Tecnocap, LLC | GLEN DALE, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 8, 2019 | Allegheny Wood Products | KINGWOOD, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 4, 2019 | UPS | SOUTH CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Dec 31, 2018 | Huntington Alloys Corporation | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 27, 2018 | AutoZone Inc. | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 19, 2018 | MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Overexertion in lifting-single episode | Hernias due to traumatic incidents | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Dec 19, 2018 | Wincore Windows and Doors | PARKERSBURG, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Dec 11, 2018 | Linde, LLC | NEW CUMBERLAND, West Virginia | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 11, 2018 | Leslie Equipment Co. | BEAVER, West Virginia | Fall, slip, trip, unspecified | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 10, 2018 | GeoStabilization International | WHEELING, West Virginia | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 7, 2018 | M&G Polymers USA, LLC | APPLE GROVE, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Service Wire Company Manufacturing | CULLODEN, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 29, 2018 | UPS | FAIRMONT, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Nov 28, 2018 | Pilgrims Pride | MOOREFIELD, West Virginia | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs | Fractures | Upper arm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 7, 2018 | Quality Integrated Services, Inc. | LINDSIDE, West Virginia | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 5, 2018 | Townsend Tree Service | COTTAGEVILLE, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple face locations | Hospitalized |
| Oct 30, 2018 | American Hardwood Industries | BRUCETON MILLS, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 30, 2018 | Transportation Operations Management LLC | BLUEFIELD, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle on side of road | Amputations | Leg(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 26, 2018 | System One Holding, LLC | RIPLEY, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Oct 26, 2018 | Ed Arey & Sons | BUCKHANNON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Oct 22, 2018 | Greenfield Cabinetry | ELKINS, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Hospitalized |
| Oct 22, 2018 | Preston County Workshop, Inc | KINGWOOD, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Cuts, lacerations | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Lamrite West | PARKERSBURG, West Virginia | Fall while sitting | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 17, 2018 | CW Wright Construction | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 10, 2018 | Performance Contracting, Inc | MARTINSBURG, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 4, 2018 | Gwinnup's Restoration & Environmental Service | MOUNDSVILLE, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 28, 2018 | LOWES HCI | KINGWOOD, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 27, 2018 | CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL, INC. | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified | Myocardial infarction (heart attack) | Heart | Hospitalized |
| Sep 22, 2018 | Comcast | WINFIELD, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 15, 2018 | Precision Pipeline, LLC | BRIDGEPORT, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 11, 2018 | Frontier Communications | GRANTSVILLE, West Virginia | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 10, 2018 | ALLEGHENY WOOD PRODUCTS, INC. | PRINCETON, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area | Cuts, lacerations | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 9, 2018 | Galaxie Industrial Services, LLC | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Struck by discharged object or substance | Cuts, lacerations | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 7, 2018 | SUMMIT TRANSPORT & ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. | SALTWELL, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Sep 4, 2018 | Mott MacDonald, LLC | MOUNDSVILLE, West Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Multiple effects of heat and light | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Sep 4, 2018 | STALNAKER ENERGY CORPORATION | SHIRLEY, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 28, 2018 | Armstrong Flooring, Inc. | BEVERLY, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | 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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