105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Homer Laughlin China Company

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Cuts, lacerations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Homer Laughlin China Company, 672 Fiesta Drive, NEWELL, WEST VIRGINIA 26050 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.

On May 5, 2016, at approximately 6:30pm, an employee was injured after being cut by a mold carrier tray. With a guard removed, the employee reached into the machine and the machine pulled him in, resulting in lacerations to the arm and hospitalization.

Hospitalized Arm(s), unspecified Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Pall Corporation

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

Koch Foods of Cincinnati

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

Stella-Jones Corporation

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

Mack Manufacturing, Inc.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

Nutmeg Container Corporation

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

The Fiesta Tableware Company

An employee was working to lower casting benches from the second floor to the first floor. The process involved several chain falls and a forklift. The employee was sitting over top of the floor opening when the bench rocked, causing him to lose balance and slide from the bench. He caught himself before falling to the floor below. The employee sustained injuries to his left shoulder, elbow, and hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for his left forearm.

The Fiesta Tableware Company

An employee was dumping a hopper when it became stuck. The employee was adjusting the safety pins holding the hopper's arm when their left little finger was caught between an arm and a pin. The employee suffered a possible partial amputation of the finger.

The Fiesta Tableware Company

An employee was carrying aluminum food trays down a set of stairs when she missed a stair and fell, resulting in a foot injury.

REAGENT CHEMICAL AND RESEARCH

Worker had just picked up a load of chemicals for the supplier and he was removing the wheel chocks from the trucks wheels. He had removed the first set of wheel chocks and moved to the second set. As he pulled them free from the wheels, he tripped over the first set he had pulled. He fell to the ground and landed on the second set of chocks. He broke his hip and possibly injured his back.

Caperton Furniture Works, LLC

An employee tripped over a concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

Certainteed Gypsum West Virginia, Inc

An employee was conducting routine maintenance on a mixer. New lid pins had been installed, and the employee was rotating by hand to ensure they had been installed correctly. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the lid and top of a pin. The momentum from the mixer continued, causing a crushing injury to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation from the top knuckle to the tip of the finger.

Owens Corning

An employee was climbing down a ladder when it slipped. The employee fell, suffering a broken scapula and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

Applied Integrated Services, LLC

An employee was climbing down a 15-foot multipurpose ladder. The employee fell about 8 feet, landing on the concrete floor and the ladder itself. The employee suffered several injuries, all on the right side: broken ribs, a broken sternum, a broken temporal bone, broken shoulder, multiple fractures to the cheekbone, and a brain bleed.

Fedex Freight Inc.

An employee was rolling up the landing gear on his trailer when the handle began to unwind and struck his face, fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.