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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 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 |
| 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 |
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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