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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2015 | Special Metals | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Aug 19, 2015 | Cabell Huntington Hospital | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 17, 2015 | The Home Depot, Inc. | BARBOURSVILLE, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 13, 2015 | Townsend Tree Service, LLC | MEADOW BRIDGE, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet | Skull fracture and intracranial injury | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Aug 10, 2015 | West Virginias Choice, Inc. | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 9, 2015 | Cracker Barrel Old County Stores | CROSS LANES, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Jaw, chin | Hospitalized |
| Aug 5, 2015 | Mosites Construction Company | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 5, 2015 | J & J General Maintenance, Inc. | KENOVA, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 31, 2015 | Atlas Industrial Contractors, LLC | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Contact with hot objects or substances | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 31, 2015 | Dyno Nobel, Inc. | BUCKHANNON, West Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 27, 2015 | Manpower of WV, Inc. | POCA, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 24, 2015 | W.G. Tomko, Inc. | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 19, 2015 | J & T Paving and Excavating, Inc. | NEW MARTINSVILLE, West Virginia | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 19, 2015 | BayerCrop Science | INSTITUTE, West Virginia | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet | Cuts, lacerations | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jul 16, 2015 | EQT | SMITHFIELD, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 14, 2015 | The Davey Tree Expert Company | TUNNELTON, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle on side of road | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jul 3, 2015 | Toyota Motor Manufacturing of West Virginia, Inc. | BUFFALO, West Virginia | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jun 16, 2015 | Lighthouse Electric, Inc. | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Jun 16, 2015 | Burdette Electric, Inc. | WESTON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 12, 2015 | Ohio West Virginia Youth Leadership Association | PARSONS, West Virginia | Fall, slip, trip, n.e.c. | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Jun 11, 2015 | Unilin North America | HOLDEN, West Virginia | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jun 8, 2015 | Dean Transportation, Inc. | SHEPHERDSTOWN, West Virginia | Fall, slip, trip, unspecified | Multiple intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Jun 5, 2015 | Pilgrim's | MOOREFIELD, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Hand(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| May 19, 2015 | Nicholson Construction Company | MAIDSVILLE, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Skull | Hospitalized |
| May 16, 2015 | Huntington Alloys Corporation | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| May 15, 2015 | ArcelorMittal Weirton LLC | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Other structural fire without collapse | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| May 15, 2015 | Graycor Industrial Constructors, Inc. | DALLAS, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 14, 2015 | FTS International, LLC | WEST UNION, West Virginia | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 13, 2015 | PJ FOOD SERVICE, INC. | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 13, 2015 | Precision Drilling | ALMA, West Virginia | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Jaw, chin | Hospitalized |
| May 13, 2015 | Cactus Wellhead, LLC | NEW MILTON, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| May 9, 2015 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineer | HINTON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 7, 2015 | High Voltage Maintenance Corporation | FAIRMONT, West Virginia | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Second degree electrical burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 7, 2015 | Campbell Transportation Company, Inc. | WARWOOD, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 5, 2015 | Pilgrim's | MOOREFIELD, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 29, 2015 | MYLAN PHARMACEUTICAL | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Apr 26, 2015 | Certainteed Gypsum, Inc. | PROCTOR, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Fractures | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Apr 21, 2015 | Camden Clark Medical Center | PARKERSBURG, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface | Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Apr 20, 2015 | PILGRIMS PRIDE | MOOREFIELD, West Virginia | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Apr 14, 2015 | Taylor's Autobody | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Apr 13, 2015 | HG Energy LLC | SOD, West Virginia | Shooting by other person-unintentional | Gunshot wounds | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Silgan Plastics | TRIADELPHIA, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 9, 2015 | Huntington Alloys Corporation | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Mar 29, 2015 | Jeld-Wen, Inc. | CRAIGSVILLE, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Mar 20, 2015 | Heeter Construction, Inc. | HINTON, West Virginia | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 18, 2015 | K&N Contracting, Inc. | KENOVA, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Mar 14, 2015 | Wheeling Continuous Care Center | WHEELING, West Virginia | Contact with hot objects or substances | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 11, 2015 | Gudenkauf Corporation | ENTERPRISE, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet | Fractures | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 10, 2015 | Ronald Lane, Inc. | NEW MARTINSVILLE, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Amputations | Leg(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Mar 8, 2015 | The Ruhlin Company | WILLOW ISLAND, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | 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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