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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2024 | Central Supply Company | BRIDGEPORT, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level unspecified | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 21, 2024 | Wetzel County Hospital | NEW MARTINSVILLE, West Virginia | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations involving bone loss | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation |
| May 21, 2024 | Atelier Fine Metal Roofing | WAYNE, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level unspecified | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 20, 2024 | Highline Warren | GLEN DALE, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified | Amputations involving bone loss | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Amputation |
| May 14, 2024 | Burgmeiers Hauling Inc | PAW PAW, West Virginia | Injured by object held or wielded by person | Amputations involving bone loss | Thumb(s) | Amputation |
| May 14, 2024 | Huntington Steel and Supply Co. | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Collapse, engulfment loose materials or liquids | Fractures and soft tissue injuries | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 13, 2024 | U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Injured by object pushed or pulled by person | Fractures | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 1, 2024 | AMG Resources Corporation | BENWOOD, West Virginia | Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 26, 2024 | U.S. Postal Service | MAXWELTON, West Virginia | Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Dingess Lumber Company | BELINGTON, West Virginia | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 23, 2024 | General Corporation | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Contact incidents unspecified | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Head unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Apr 14, 2024 | Walmart #1782 | VIENNA, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 11, 2024 | Beckwith Lumber Company | SLATYFORK, West Virginia | Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact unspecified | Fractures | Lower extremities unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Apr 10, 2024 | Air Hydro Power | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning | Amputations involving bone loss | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Mountaineer Gas Company | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Struck by door, gate, window | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Apr 2, 2024 | G and H Masonry | SOUTH CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Leg(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Apr 1, 2024 | Healthcare Services Group, Inc. | SISTERSVILLE, West Virginia | Fall on same level n.e.c. | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Lamar Texas Limited Partnership | WHEELING, West Virginia | Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified | Fractures | Arm(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Star Concrete Foundations, Inc. | RANSON, West Virginia | Fall on same level n.e.c. | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 17, 2024 | Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Fall on same level n.e.c. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 14, 2024 | Mountain Masonry, Inc. | RICHWOOD, West Virginia | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Fractures | Arm(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Right of Way Clearing and Maintenance, Inc. | PENNSBORO, West Virginia | Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back | Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 13, 2024 | High Point Construction Group, LLC | PENNSBORO, West Virginia | Struck by other falling object n.e.c. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Richard Goettle, Inc. | APPLE GROVE, West Virginia | Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) | Fractures | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 11, 2024 | A.J. Burk, LLC | BRUCETON MILLS, West Virginia | Twisting, reaching, bending | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Universal Logistics of Virginia LLC | BERKELEY SPRINGS, West Virginia | Nonroadway noncollision incident n.e.c. | Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders unspecified | Head and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Bismarck Steel LLC | DUNBAR, West Virginia | Struck by other falling object n.e.c. | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Amputation |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Ruby Memorial Hospital | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 21, 2024 | Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 15, 2024 | Gestamp | SOUTH CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Recycle WV | PRINCETON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level unspecified | Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Federal Correctional Institute | BEAVER, West Virginia | Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift | Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jan 31, 2024 | SWVA, Inc. | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Fractures | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 30, 2024 | Treplar Inc | MARTINSBURG, West Virginia | Contact with hot objects or substances | Thermal burns degree unspecified | Hand(s) and arm(s) n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 28, 2024 | Snowshoe Mountain, Inc. | SNOWSHOE, West Virginia | Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact unspecified | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 24, 2024 | Allegheny Wood Products, Inc. | KINGWOOD, West Virginia | Contact incidents unspecified | Fractures | Hand(s) and arm(s) n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 16, 2024 | Amedisys West Virginia, L.L.C. | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Elgin Power & Separation Solutions | PRINCETON, West Virginia | Struck by object tipping over | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 4, 2024 | Silgan Plastics Corporation | TRIADELPHIA, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Intracranial injuries unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Jan 2, 2024 | Lumber and Things | KEYSER, West Virginia | Struck by running powered equipment unspecified | Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures | Forehead, temple(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Lowe's Home Improvement | CROSS LANES, West Virginia | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Cuts, lacerations | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 21, 2023 | River Park Hospital | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Service Wire Company | CULLODEN, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Perfect North Slopes | DAVIS, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Marsh Bellofram Corporation | NEWELL, West Virginia | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrical burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Dec 8, 2023 | Huntington Alloys Corporation | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Fall on same level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 24, 2023 | Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc. | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 21, 2023 | AL-REC, LLC | MILLWOOD, West Virginia | Vehicle or machinery fire | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 14, 2023 | Kureha PGA LLC | BELLE, West Virginia | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Nov 7, 2023 | National Council On Aging | WHEELING, West Virginia | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Eye(s) | 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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