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1,050 OSHA severe injury reports in WEST VIRGINIA.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 1,050 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Aug 23, 2018 | Jason Harry Electrical, LLC | GILBERT, West Virginia | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrical burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 22, 2018 | Henkels and McCoy, Inc | WINFIELD, 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 |
| Aug 11, 2018 | O'Reilly Auto Enterprises LLC | PARKERSBURG, West Virginia | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode | Fractures | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 10, 2018 | WVA MANUFACTURING, LLC | ALLOY, West Virginia | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 9, 2018 | Aven Fire Systems Inc. | FOLLANSBEE, West Virginia | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 9, 2018 | West Virginia Split Rail | BUCKHANNON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Aug 8, 2018 | Quad Graphics, Inc. | MARTINSBURG, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Aug 7, 2018 | U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons FCI Gilmore | GLENVILLE, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 5, 2018 | ArcelorMittal Weirton | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Koppers, Inc. | FOLLANSBEE, West Virginia | Contact with hot objects or substances | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jul 31, 2018 | Allegheny Wood Products | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Service Electric Company | WINFIELD, West Virginia | Fall, slip, trip, unspecified | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 26, 2018 | Universal Ensco, Inc. | BARRETT, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 23, 2018 | Mineral Fabrication and Machine Company, Inc. | KEYSER, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 23, 2018 | Richwood Investment Casting, Inc. | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Bodily conditions, n.e.c. | Heart failure | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 22, 2018 | Benchmark Conference Centers of West Virginia | ROANOKE, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 20, 2018 | Michels Corporation | CAMERON, West Virginia | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 19, 2018 | Swanson Industries, Inc. | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, 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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