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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

GRAE-CON CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at GRAE-CON CONSTRUCTION, INC., 96 3rd ave west, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25701 on — Fractures , affecting the Foot(feet) and leg(s) n.e.c..

An employee was welding while in a scissor lift elevated to approximately 15 feet when the lift was tipped over by a garage door that activated. The employee's left foot and left femur were fractured.

Hospitalized Foot(feet) and leg(s) n.e.c. Hoists, lifts scissor, telescoping

GRAE-CON CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Employees were working to remove and repair the shaft of an ACC unit. Power to the unit had been turned off but the wind caught the fan blades and the shaft was turning. The injured employee placed a nylon strap around the shaft to stop the rotation. His arm got caught in the strap and was pulled into a pinch point, resulting in a right forearm fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

GRAE-CON CONSTRUCTION, INC.

An employee was helping to move a pipe using a tagline. The pipe was being lifted by a forklift. The pipe began to swing and the employee placed a hand on the pipe to stop it from swinging. The employee's pinky finger became caught between the pipe and one of the forks. The pinky finger was surgically amputated.

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ABC Supply Company

An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.

Elkhorn Mechanical and Combustion

An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.

UPSON COMPANY

An employee was standing on a multi-purpose ladder installing head flashing over a window. Their feet were approximately 6 feet off the ground and three rungs from the top. The employee lost their grip on the drill they were using and the ladder tipped over. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a fractured left wrist, bruised chest, and lacerations to their face and lip.

Goodrich Fire & Life Safety

An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.

Everon LLC

An employee was working from an extension ladder, installing a security camera. The ladder fell out from under the employee, who fell to the ground 12 feet below and broke his right femur.

Burke Builders Inc

An employee was cutting cabinet trim using a table saw when four fingers on his left hand were severed, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

Cross Management Corp.

An employee was installing insulation in a wall when she tripped on a hole (12" deep) and fell, hitting her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to her leg and wrist, and lacerations to her head. The employee was hospitalized.

STEEL STRUCTURES AMERICA INC

An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.

Trejo Concrete & Steel, LLC

An employee was operating a power drill when it slipped. The drill bit punctured the employee's hand and they were hospitalized.

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.