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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2017 | Macy's Logistics & Operations | MARTINSBURG, West Virginia | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Sep 27, 2017 | JIM C. HAMER COMPANY | WEBSTER SPRINGS, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Upper arm(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 21, 2017 | New River Electrical Corp | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 18, 2017 | Goodwill of North Central West Virginia | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 18, 2017 | Waste Management of WV Inc. | SAINT ALBANS, West Virginia | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 16, 2017 | Jay Bee Oil and Gas, Inc. | ALMA, West Virginia | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Huntington Alloys Corporation | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Lumbar region | Hospitalized |
| Sep 6, 2017 | Archer Daniels Midland Company | WINDSOR HEIGHTS, West Virginia | Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. | Crushing injuries | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 30, 2017 | Joel Jessee | HINTON, West Virginia | Nonroadway noncollision incident, unspecified | Amputations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 28, 2017 | U.S. Department of Justice | WELCH, West Virginia | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 26, 2017 | Weyerhaeuser | BUCKHANNON, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Raven Services Corporation | SHEPHERDSTOWN, West Virginia | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 18, 2017 | Hinchcliff Limber Company | HENDRICKS, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 16, 2017 | Roadsafe Traffic System, Inc. | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle | Bruises, contusions | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 15, 2017 | Koppers, Inc. | FOLLANSBEE, West Virginia | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 8, 2017 | Estes Express Lines | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 3, 2017 | Jay-Bee Oil and Gas, Inc. | ALMA, West Virginia | Struck by discharged object or substance | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Aug 2, 2017 | Frontier Communications | GRANTSVILLE, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jul 28, 2017 | U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons | BRUCETON MILLS, West Virginia | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 26, 2017 | Fluid Delivery Solutions, LLC | KANAWHA HEAD, West Virginia | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 24, 2017 | Triton Construction | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 19, 2017 | U.S. Postal Service | PARKERSBURG, West Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 16, 2017 | ArcelorMittal Weirton LLC | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 15, 2017 | PNGI Charles Town Gaming LLC | CHARLES TOWN, West Virginia | Struck by discharged object or substance | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 13, 2017 | ARCELORMITTAL WEIRTON INC. | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Fall, slip, trip, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple body parts, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 12, 2017 | U.S. Postal Service | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 11, 2017 | Monongahela Power Company | CENTER POINT, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 8, 2017 | Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club | BLUEFIELD, West Virginia | Injured by physical contact with other person in sporting event or physical training | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 1, 2017 | Precision Pipeline, LLC | WEST UNION, West Virginia | Struck by discharged object or substance | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 28, 2017 | Walbridge Industrial Process | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Amputations | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Universal Forest Products LLC | CHARLES TOWN, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jun 21, 2017 | American Electric Power | WINFIELD, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Asplundh Tree Expert Company | DANVILLE, West Virginia | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 16, 2017 | XPOLogistics | BELLE, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Jim C. Hamer Company | WEBSTER SPRINGS, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jun 7, 2017 | Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company | BEVERLY, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jun 1, 2017 | Pro Oil and Gas Services LLC | PENNSBORO, West Virginia | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| May 17, 2017 | Hidden Oaks Dairy LLC | NETTIE, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Groin | Hospitalized |
| May 17, 2017 | U.S. Postal Service Kenova | KENOVA, West Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| May 8, 2017 | Cytec Solvay Group | WILLOW ISLAND, West Virginia | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| May 1, 2017 | DALB, Inc. | KEARNEYSVILLE, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 28, 2017 | Suddenlink Communications | ALDERSON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Apr 28, 2017 | Collins Building and Contracting, Inc. | SCARBRO, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Apr 22, 2017 | Hurricane Gas Processing Plant | HURRICANE, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Lumbar region | Hospitalized |
| Apr 20, 2017 | Mylan Pharmaceutical | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 20, 2017 | Jim C. Hamer Company | DANVILLE, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Apr 6, 2017 | Tetra Technologies, Inc. | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Bruises, contusions | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Core Appalachia Operating, LLC | HURRICANE, West Virginia | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Bruises, contusions | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 28, 2017 | March Westin | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Mar 20, 2017 | Mon Valley Integration, LLc | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified | 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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