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

Bluewater Manufacturing Services, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Bluewater Manufacturing Services, Inc., 3100 McCorkle Avenue SW, SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25303 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was working at a tablet machine when the discharge chute amputated the employee's fingertip.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Special process machinery, n.e.c.

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.

Associated Management

An employee was putting up decorations when she slipped off her desk and fell to the floor. She was hospitalized for three broken ribs.

Staff Solutions LLC

An employee was cutting a ductwork hanger. The employee finished cutting one end of the duct and came down from the ladder. The employee was walking underneath the duct when the ductwork fell on them. The employee sustained a broken rib and required surgery for a vertebra.

INDUSTRIAL LABORER INC.

A temporary employee was in the locker room when they fell and sustained a hip fracture.

Sunstates Security LLC

An employee was holding the door for contractors who were leaving the property when his little finger was caught in the door. Half an inch of the employee's left little finger was amputated.

Avania Anesthesia

An employee tripped and fell to an operating room floor, suffering a broken hip.

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.