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

Pactiv

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Pactiv, 100 Commercial St, MINERAL WELLS, WEST VIRGINIA 26150 on — Fractures , affecting the Forearm(s).

An employee was adding a new roll of plastic on a winder when his left arm was caught in the machine. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery for a broken ulna and radius.

Hospitalized Forearm(s) Winders, unwinders

Pactiv

An employee was clearing a jam in a machine and amputated their index and middle fingertips.

Pactiv

An employee became overexerted and developed heat stress while working a production line in the evening. The employee was hospitalized.

Pactiv

Two employees were fighting in a parking lot. One employee's head struck a concrete barrier; he lost consciousness and was hospitalized.

Pactiv

An employee was directing a PIV operator moving materials. The material shifted and fell onto the employee breaking both legs. The PIV operator was not moving the materials at the time.

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Norflex, Inc.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

Day & Zimmermann Lone Star LLC

An employee was working on a production line. The employee went to retrieve parts that came out of the parts holder, and their left hand became caught between a chain and a sprocket. Three fingers on the hand were amputated.

Ingalls Shipbuilding

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

Galaxy Balloons Inc.

An employee was operating a pad printer. The employee's finger was caught in the printer and they suffered a fingertip amputation. The part of the printer that caught the employee's finger was unguarded at the time.

Sealed Air Corp.

At about 11:00 a.m. on August 17, 2025, a Sealer Air Corp. employee suffered a broken right tibia while stepping down from a conveyor to the floor 19 inches below.

PAC Worldwide Corporation

A maintenance employee was repairing the labeler on the line when it fell on their head, resulting in a broken jaw.

Hilex Poly, A Novolex Brand

An employee was troubleshooting around the secondary draw rollers of a bag machine when their left index, middle, and ring fingers contacted the rollers. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation to one of the fingers. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Pitt Plastics, Inc.

An employee was clearing a jam from the rewinder when their hand was pulled into a rotating part of the machine, fracturing one finger and dislocating another.

Berry Global

An employee was stepping down from a two-step ladder when the ladder slipped out from underneath them. The employee fell and landed on a sidekick trailer jack, resulting in four fractured ribs, including two ribs with multiple breaks, and a pulmonary contusion.

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.