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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2017 | rue21 | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 6, 2017 | The Jim C. Hamer Company | WEBSTER SPRINGS, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 20, 2016 | Dart Trucking Company, Inc. | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 13, 2016 | J.P. Contracting, Inc. | RICHWOOD, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 12, 2016 | Target | BRIDGEPORT, West Virginia | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object | Fractures | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 8, 2016 | Allegheny Wood Products, Inc. | RIVERTON, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 6, 2016 | TA Operating LLC | VALLEY GROVE, West Virginia | Struck by discharged object or substance | Burns and other injuries, n.e.c. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 5, 2016 | Allegheny Wood Products, Inc. | PRINCETON, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Dec 2, 2016 | U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons | ALDERSON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 27, 2016 | Little General Store, Inc. | BLUEFIELD, West Virginia | Shooting by other person-intentional | Gunshot wounds | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Nov 22, 2016 | Andritz Separation, Inc. | SCOTT DEPOT, West Virginia | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures and other injuries, unspecified | Multiple body parts, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 11, 2016 | Triple J Oilfield Services | PENNSBORO, West Virginia | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 8, 2016 | Allegheny Wood Products, Inc. | SMOOT, West Virginia | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Cuts, lacerations | Scalp | Hospitalized |
| Nov 7, 2016 | Ryco, Inc. | GRANVILLE, West Virginia | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Nov 3, 2016 | The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc. | WHEELING, West Virginia | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 2, 2016 | Youth Services Systems, Inc. | RIPLEY, West Virginia | Other exertions or bodily reactions, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Nov 1, 2016 | ArcelorMittal Weirton, LLC | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Oct 28, 2016 | Island Operating Co., Inc. | NEW MARTINSVILLE, West Virginia | Vehicle or machinery fire | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Oct 28, 2016 | Stone Energy Corporation | NEW MARTINSVILLE, West Virginia | Vehicle or machinery fire | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Oct 26, 2016 | Wright Tree Service, Inc. | IAEGER, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 25, 2016 | Quad Graphics, Inc. | MARTINSBURG, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Kroger Company | WHEELING, West Virginia | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Oct 17, 2016 | Asplundh Tree Expert Company | AUGUSTA, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Oct 14, 2016 | USSE2, LLC | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 13, 2016 | West Virginia Cashin Recyclables, Inc. | NITRO, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 10, 2016 | High Point Construction Goup LLC | PENNSBORO, West Virginia | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Second degree electrical burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 8, 2016 | United Dairy | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 1, 2016 | ADT Security | BRIDGEPORT, West Virginia | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 27, 2016 | Certainteed Gypsum | PROCTOR, West Virginia | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 21, 2016 | ArcelorMittal LLC | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Sep 19, 2016 | Allegheny Wood Products, Inc. | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Struck by discharged object or substance | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 7, 2016 | ArcelorMittal Weirton LLC | WEIRTON, 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 |
| Sep 6, 2016 | Penn Line Corporation | WESTON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Open wounds, unspecified | Ear(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 6, 2016 | Pilgrim's | SLANESVILLE, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 1, 2016 | Elite Gasfield Services | TRIADELPHIA, West Virginia | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Aug 31, 2016 | Grant County Mulch, Inc. | BAKER, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Head and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Aug 17, 2016 | Community Newspaper Holdings of West Virginia | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 15, 2016 | Conway-Phillips Holding, LLC | HEATERS, West Virginia | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 13, 2016 | United States Postal Service | MARTINSBURG, West Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 9, 2016 | LMS Construction, Inc. | GLENVILLE, West Virginia | Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Aug 2, 2016 | Kokosing Construction Company | MINERAL WELLS, West Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat syncope | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 28, 2016 | Special Metals | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Rail vehicle incident, n.e.c. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 28, 2016 | Swift Transportation Co. Inc. | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 28, 2016 | Allegheny Wood Products International | BRUCETON MILLS, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 14, 2016 | Royal Vendors, Inc. | KEARNEYSVILLE, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area | Fractures | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 14, 2016 | Skana Aluminum Company | CLARKSBURG, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Crushing injuries | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 13, 2016 | Waco Oil & Gas Company | WYATT, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 12, 2016 | Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC | HARTS, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jun 25, 2016 | Monongalia General Hospital | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 23, 2016 | Gudenkauf Corporation | GRAFTON, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Pelvis | 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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