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

Kanawha Scales and Systems, Inc.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Kanawha Scales and Systems, Inc., 111 Jacobson Drive, POCA, WEST VIRGINIA 25159 on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).

An employee was standing behind a pickup truck and guiding it into tight work area. The employee was struck and pinned by the truck, resulting in a broken femur.

Hospitalized Thigh(s) Pickup truck

Bauducco Foods, Inc.

An employee was walking in an aisle when a forklift backed up over her foot, resulting in a skin injury that required surgery to repair.

S. H. Bell Company

An employee was looking into the bucket of a front-end loader to see how much material was in it. A skid steer backed into the employee, who then fell into the edge of the front loader's bucket and suffered internal bleeding in the abdominal area.

SHM Newport Shipyard, LLC

An employee was spotting for a forklift operation. The forklift backed over the employee, who suffered a complete amputation to one lower leg and a partial amputation to the other leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Oil City Iron Works, Inc.

An employee was cleaning his work area and preparing it to begin making air-set molds when a nearby forklift that was backing out from a load swung around and struck the employee. They sustained a lower left leg fracture.

Canyon Falls Farms

An employee was walking around a work area when he was struck by a forklift that was backing up, resulting in several broken bones in his foot.

American Equipment Systems, LLC

An employee was pressure washing truck scales when they were splashed with water and an unknown chemical on their leg and immediately experienced a burning sensation. The employee was hospitalized with a chemical burn and required surgery.

OCS Technologies, Inc.

An employee was walking up to the building doorway when they fell on the icy parking lot, resulting in a fractured right hip and a head wound.

Cardinal Scale Manfacturing

An employee was using a band saw to cut an I-beam when his left index finger was caught under the I-beam and roller, resulting in a partial amputation.

Fairbanks Scales Inc.

An employee was carrying tools while walking down concrete steps. When he placed his left foot on the third step, he slipped and tried to catch himself by putting his right foot on the step below. His right foot landed awkwardly on the step, resulting in two broken bones in his right leg. He was hospitalized for surgery.

Fairbanks Scales Inc.

An employee was using a saw. As the employee tried to remove the trim piece with his left hand, the clamp closed and pinched his left index finger between the clamp and the material causing an amputation of the distal phalanx.

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.