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

Wheeling Newspaper Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Crushing injuries

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Wheeling Newspaper Inc., 240 20th Street, WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA 26003 on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.

An employee was at the bundle squeezer when a bundle went past and the bundle squeezer closed on their finger. The employee sustained crushing injuries to their left index finger.

Hospitalized Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

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.

NEW YORK TIMES

An employee was walking down a flight of stairs when they fell down the stairs and suffered a fractured hip.

The New York Times

An employee was exiting the palletizer area and stepping out into an aisleway when his left foot was run over by an oncoming forklift. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left foot.

PublicSource

An employee was capturing videos at an outdoor event on July 13, 2024. They were struck in the leg by a motorcycle in a parking lot and sustained a fractured tibia.

News-Press & Gazette Company

On June 23, 2024, at 9:15 AM, an employee was walking down stairs when he missed the last stair and fell onto his left knee on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a hematoma under his kneecap.

THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY

An employee was lowering a roller on the press machine when it slipped and rolled over his right thumb, lacerating the thumb. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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.