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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2021 | Virco Contracting, Inc. | SMITHERS, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 6, 2021 | REM Community Options | WILLIAMSTOWN, West Virginia | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 4, 2021 | MPLX G&P | WEST UNION, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Feb 1, 2021 | Brennan Services | TRIADELPHIA, West Virginia | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Diversified Production, LLC | GRANTSVILLE, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 25, 2021 | CVS Pharmacy | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 25, 2021 | Legends Construction Company, LLC | MILTON, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jan 18, 2021 | Washington Works Plant | WASHINGTON, West Virginia | Contact with hot objects or substances | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jan 7, 2021 | TIMBERLINE LOGGING ENTERPRISES LLC | HORSE SHOE RUN, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 28, 2020 | Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. | NEW MARTINSVILLE, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Beckwith Lumber Company | SLATYFORK, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. | MARLINTON, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 14, 2020 | West Virginia Health Care Cooperative, Inc | SUMMERSVILLE, West Virginia | Exposure through medical injection | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Dec 2, 2020 | Eagle Natrium LLC | PROCTOR, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 25, 2020 | The Giant Co. | CHARLES TOWN, West Virginia | Contact with hot objects or substances | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 25, 2020 | PAWPAW LOGGING, INC. | SUTTON, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Nov 21, 2020 | Cabell Huntington Hospital | HUNTINGTON, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Sprains | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Triton Construction | BARBOURSVILLE, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures | Head, neck, and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Nov 18, 2020 | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | MOOREFIELD, West Virginia | Nonclassifiable | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 17, 2020 | BKD Consulting, LLC | NEW MARTINSVILLE, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 13, 2020 | Lander Enterprises LLC. | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 13, 2020 | Gestamp West Virginia, LLC | SOUTH CHARLESTON, West Virginia | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 12, 2020 | Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation | LOGAN, West Virginia | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple face locations | Hospitalized |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Accelerated Construction Services | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 6, 2020 | United Hospital Center | BRIDGEPORT, West Virginia | Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Nov 4, 2020 | Select Genetics LLC | FORT SEYBERT, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Nov 3, 2020 | WVA Manufacturing Company, LLC | ALLOY, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Oct 29, 2020 | QSI | MOOREFIELD, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Upper arm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 20, 2020 | Allegheny Wood Products, Inc. | PETERSBURG, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 19, 2020 | United Hospital Center | BRIDGEPORT, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Octane Environmenal, LLC. | SALEM, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 14, 2020 | West Virginia Cashin Recyclables, Inc. | POCA, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Eastern Vault Co., Inc. | PRINCETON, West Virginia | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Day and Zimmermann | MAIDSVILLE, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 6, 2020 | Cascade Drilling | KEARNEYSVILLE, West Virginia | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Meadville Land Service, Inc | FALLING WATERS, West Virginia | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Crook Brothers Produce | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle | Avulsions, enucleations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 26, 2020 | Hybrid Drilling Inc. | CAMERON, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Sep 23, 2020 | West Virginia Paving, Inc. | BECKLEY, West Virginia | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 23, 2020 | Eastern Vault Co., Inc. | PRINCETON, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 23, 2020 | XPOLogistics | BELLE, West Virginia | Trip from stepping into a hole without fall | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 16, 2020 | Black Diamond Equipment Rental | MORGANTOWN, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 13, 2020 | Panhandle Cleaning & Restoration, Inc | PARKERSBURG, West Virginia | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 8, 2020 | Wolfes Excavating LLC | BRIDGEPORT, West Virginia | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 4, 2020 | Hollingsworth LLC | MARTINSBURG, West Virginia | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 1, 2020 | Chapman Corporation | FAIRMONT, West Virginia | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 1, 2020 | Sharp Oilfield Services | MIDDLEBOURNE, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 27, 2020 | SDR Plastics & Star Plastics | RAVENSWOOD, West Virginia | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 11, 2020 | Kroger | OAK HILL, West Virginia | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Multiple face locations | Hospitalized |
| Aug 5, 2020 | ArcelorMittal-Weirton, LLC | WEIRTON, West Virginia | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Hand(s), 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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