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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2016 | EnerVest Operating Company | RAVENCLIFF, West Virginia | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Mar 6, 2016 | Nicholas County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | RICHWOOD, West Virginia | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Mar 6, 2016 | Engines, Inc. | MILTON, West Virginia | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Mar 4, 2016 | AM Communications | BELLE, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 29, 2016 | Raleigh General Hospital | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Multiple head locations | Hospitalized |
| Feb 26, 2016 | Beckley Water Company | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Shooting by other person-unintentional | Gunshot wounds | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 24, 2016 | WVSR, Inc. | BUCKHANNON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Feb 23, 2016 | Asplundh Tree Expert Company | BIRCH RIVER, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet | Intracranial injuries, n.e.c. | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Feb 19, 2016 | Caperton Furnitureworks LLC | BERKELEY SPRINGS, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Feb 18, 2016 | Logan Regional Medical Center | GLADE SPRINGS, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Lumbar region | Hospitalized |
| Feb 15, 2016 | Asplundh Tree Expert Company | BUCKHANNON, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 12, 2016 | Unifirst Corporation | WHEELING, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Feb 9, 2016 | Avalotis Corporation | BELMONT, West Virginia | Overexertion involving outside sources, n.e.c. | Strains | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 5, 2016 | Eagle Manufacturing Company | WELLSBURG, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Feb 4, 2016 | Rue 21 | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Cuts, lacerations | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 3, 2016 | Fairmont Regional Medical Center | FAIRMONT, West Virginia | Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Jan 25, 2016 | Precision Drilling Co., LP | WEST UNION, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 23, 2016 | Ally Equipment, LLC | BEECH BOTTOM, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 20, 2016 | U.S. Postal Service | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Skull fracture and intracranial injury | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Jan 18, 2016 | Leslie Equipment Company | PLEASANT VALLEY, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Lumbar region | Hospitalized |
| Jan 13, 2016 | Harbel Inc. | ROMNEY, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jan 10, 2016 | WVU Hospitals | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures and dislocations | Upper arm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 16, 2015 | Koppers, Inc. | FOLLANSBEE, West Virginia | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Dec 12, 2015 | Brookdale Senior Living Corporation | BRIDGEPORT, West Virginia | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 11, 2015 | Allegheny Wood Products, Inc. | COWEN, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 10, 2015 | Mylan Pharmaceuticals | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Dec 3, 2015 | United Electric of Wheeling, Inc. | WHEELING, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 23, 2015 | Ball Metal Food and Household Products, Inc. | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Nov 15, 2015 | United Technologies Corporation | UNION, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 13, 2015 | Bilfinger Westcon, Inc. | SMITHFIELD, West Virginia | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system | Fractures | Head and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Nov 7, 2015 | PNGI Charles Town Gaming | CHARLES TOWN, West Virginia | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 30, 2015 | Royal Vendors, Inc. | KEARNEYSVILLE, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 30, 2015 | Robey Excavating LLC | SHIRLEY, West Virginia | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Multiple face locations | Hospitalized |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Chapman Corporation | PROCTOR, West Virginia | Other jump to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 22, 2015 | KMX Painting, Inc. | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 12, 2015 | Precoat Metals LLC | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Upper arm(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 8, 2015 | Proactive Services LLC | WEST UNION, West Virginia | Ran off driving surface, nonroadway | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Solid Waste Services of WV, Inc. | PADEN CITY, West Virginia | Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway | Amputations | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 28, 2015 | Suddenlink Communications | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 23, 2015 | Nelson Tree Service, Inc. | DUNBAR, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 19, 2015 | Indianhead Pipeline Services LLC | SALEM, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 19, 2015 | Columbia West Virginia Corp | CRAIGSVILLE, West Virginia | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 17, 2015 | Mountain Lumber Company LLC | RENICK, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 14, 2015 | Integrity Kokosing Pipeline Services LLC | PROCTOR, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Sep 10, 2015 | RIVERPARK HOSPITAL | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 9, 2015 | Caledonian Alloys | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 3, 2015 | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | CLARKSBURG, West Virginia | Kneeling, kneeling down-repetitive or prolonged | Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 2, 2015 | The Homer Laughlin China Company | NEWELL, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 2, 2015 | Wright Tree Service, Inc. | ROMNEY, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Lumbar region | Hospitalized |
| Sep 2, 2015 | Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal Company | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | 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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