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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2022 | Allegheny Wood Products, Inc. | PRINCETON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Cuts, lacerations | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 7, 2022 | Big Sandy Superstore | HURRICANE, West Virginia | Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional | Gunshot wounds | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 6, 2022 | Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. | NEWELL, West Virginia | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 6, 2022 | WVGBC Audrina Mill | GAP MILLS, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Aug 24, 2022 | Sheers Heating & Cooling | PARKERSBURG, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 18, 2022 | Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 18, 2022 | Wolf Line Construction | CHAPMANVILLE, West Virginia | Stings and venomous bites | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 17, 2022 | Boy Scouts of America | GLEN JEAN, West Virginia | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Multiple body parts, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Kroger Limited Partnership 1 | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Aug 11, 2022 | CITCO Water | CLAY, West Virginia | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 11, 2022 | E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 7, 2022 | Pactiv | MINERAL WELLS, West Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 2, 2022 | Star Plastics, LLC | RAVENSWOOD, West Virginia | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jul 26, 2022 | Rock Forge Bridge Co. LLC | PENNSBORO, West Virginia | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 20, 2022 | Mid Atlantic Energy Services, LLC | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 16, 2022 | Conn-Weld Industries LLC | PRINCETON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jul 6, 2022 | Monongalia General Hospital | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Brinker International | BARBOURSVILLE, West Virginia | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 2, 2022 | The Fiesta Tableware Company | NEWELL, West Virginia | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jun 25, 2022 | Roxul USA Inc | KEARNEYSVILLE, West Virginia | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Crushing injuries | Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Captain D's | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 23, 2022 | Townsend Tree Service Company, LLC | CLEAR FORK, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jun 20, 2022 | Hollingsworth Logistics | MARTINSBURG, West Virginia | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Crushing injuries | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Huntington Steel and Supply Co. | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jun 15, 2022 | WVSR, Inc. | BUCKHANNON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jun 13, 2022 | TIAA Bank | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Jennmar Corporation of West Virginia, Inc | REEDSVILLE, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jun 1, 2022 | Allegheny Wood Products | KINGWOOD, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| May 31, 2022 | Breckenridge Corporation | ELTON, West Virginia | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 26, 2022 | Jennings Excavating Inc | CLARKSBURG, West Virginia | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 24, 2022 | West Virginia Steel Corporation | POCA, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| May 20, 2022 | western oilfields Supply Company | BENS RUN, West Virginia | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 16, 2022 | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | CLARKSBURG, West Virginia | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 9, 2022 | Concrete Pipe & Precast | MARTINSBURG, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Fractures | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 7, 2022 | Reynolds Memorial Hospital Inc. | GLEN DALE, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures and dislocations | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 21, 2022 | Lumber and Things, Inc | KEYSER, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc | GLEN EASTON, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 14, 2022 | Kroger | PARKERSBURG, West Virginia | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Apr 11, 2022 | CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL, INC. | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Injured by physical contact with person while moving that person-unintentional | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Thoracic region | Hospitalized |
| Apr 5, 2022 | United Construction Company, Inc. | RAVENSWOOD, West Virginia | Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Apr 5, 2022 | United Dairy, Inc. | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Bruises, contusions | Elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 4, 2022 | Walmart Inc. | KEYSER, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Apr 3, 2022 | Amsted Graphite Materials LLC | ANMOORE, West Virginia | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Mar 15, 2022 | U.S. Postal Service | WHEELING, West Virginia | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 14, 2022 | WVU Medicine Hospitals | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 9, 2022 | WVU Medicine Hospitals | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 8, 2022 | Clearway Energy Group LLC | ELK GARDEN, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Mar 3, 2022 | United States Postal Service | GIVEN, West Virginia | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Open wounds, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Mar 2, 2022 | Lewis Tree Service, Inc. | MARTINSBURG, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone, unspecified | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Feb 28, 2022 | Snowshoe Mountain, Inc. | SNOWSHOE, West Virginia | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | 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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