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1,027 OSHA severe injury reports in WEST VIRGINIA.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 1,027 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2021 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | DUNBAR, West Virginia | Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified | Myocardial infarction (heart attack) | Heart | Hospitalized |
| Nov 13, 2021 | Michaels Stores Inc | SOUTH CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 8, 2021 | LOWES HOME CENTERS, INC. | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Asplundh Tree Expert | MILTON, West Virginia | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrical burns, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Nov 1, 2021 | Walmart, Inc. | CROSS LANES, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 30, 2021 | The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc. | WHEELING, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Tri-State Machine, Inc. | WHEELING, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 27, 2021 | Allied Waste Services of North America, LLC | SALT ROCK, West Virginia | Pedestrian vehicular incident, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 25, 2021 | Enerfab Power & Industrial, Inc. | MOUNDSVILLE, West Virginia | Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Oct 16, 2021 | Columbia West Virginia Corporation, Inc. | CRAIGSVILLE, West Virginia | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 9, 2021 | W R Murdock & Sons Inc | FAYETTEVILLE, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 5, 2021 | Next LVL Energy | HARRISVILLE, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Other or unspecified allergic reactions | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Sep 24, 2021 | WEL, Inc. | BLUEFIELD, West Virginia | Explosion, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 30, 2021 | Pillar Energy LLC | NEW MILTON, West Virginia | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 28, 2021 | Kohl's | PARKERSBURG, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over self | Cuts, lacerations | Forehead | Hospitalized |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Engines, Inc. | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 17, 2021 | FL Smidth | FRAZIERS BOTTOM, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 3, 2021 | SCHNEIDER NATIONAL CARRIERS, INC. | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 30, 2021 | UFP Ranson, LLC | RANSON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Crushing injuries | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jul 27, 2021 | Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation | BRENTON, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jul 26, 2021 | Rokstad Power | ASHFORD, West Virginia | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 24, 2021 | Drywall SLP, Inc. | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 22, 2021 | FedEx Freight | NITRO, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 18, 2021 | Patty's Inc. | BEAVER, West Virginia | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jul 14, 2021 | Allegheny Wood Products, Inc. | COWEN, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Bruises, contusions | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 12, 2021 | Amsted Rail | ANMOORE, West Virginia | Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jul 12, 2021 | West Virginia Health Care Cooperative, Inc | SUMMERSVILLE, West Virginia | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 12, 2021 | The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc. | WHEELING, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 9, 2021 | ABC Cutting Contractors Inc | BUFFALO, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Cuts and abrasions or bruises | Head and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Jun 28, 2021 | A. J. Burk | HORNER, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Foot (feet), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jun 28, 2021 | B.M.S. Natural Resources, Inc. | STIRRAT, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 16, 2021 | RCD Electrical Services Inc | PETERSBURG, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jun 14, 2021 | Cornerstone Builders of WV, Inc. | ONA, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jun 8, 2021 | Galaxie Industrial Services | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Struck by discharged object or substance | Fractures and dislocations | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Allegheny Wood Products, Inc. | RIVERTON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| May 23, 2021 | U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation | CLARKSBURG, West Virginia | Multiple types of exertions and bodily reactions | Strains | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 21, 2021 | Greenbrier Resort | WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 21, 2021 | Concrete Pipe & Precast | MARTINSBURG, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| May 18, 2021 | Twin River Hardwoods | ELKVIEW, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Crushing injuries | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| May 13, 2021 | ODLE INC. | FAIRMONT, West Virginia | Struck by discharged object or substance | Cuts, lacerations | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 10, 2021 | RSG Landscaping & Lawn Care, Inc | WALTON, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 8, 2021 | Nitro Construction Services, Inc. | BUFFALO, West Virginia | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrical burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 7, 2021 | SERVICE WIRE COMPANY | CULLODEN, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 4, 2021 | Universal Forest Products Inc | RANSON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Silgan Plastics Corporation | TRIADELPHIA, West Virginia | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Apr 28, 2021 | Asplundh Tree Expert Company | SPENCER, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 19, 2021 | JD Signs Inc. | JANE LEW, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 14, 2021 | AM Communications LTD | CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Head and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Apr 14, 2021 | Star Plastics, Inc | RAVENSWOOD, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
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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