| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-16 | Craigsville | Wv | Columbia West Virginia Corporation, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was clearing up a jam on a line for sheets of veneer. The employee's left ring finger got stuck in a pulley. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-02-09 | Craig | Co | TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOC, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was adjusting the limit switch on an air-operated valve when the valve actuated, catching his left index finger between the position indicator and the limit switch and resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-05-14 | Craigsville | West Virgini | Columbia West Virginia Corp | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was checking oil on a loader. He went to shut the side engine panel/cowling when his right index finger was smashed in the hinge area of the panel, requiring surgical amputation of the bone. | |||||
| 2017-06-10 | Craig | Colorado | U.S. Forest Service | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was using a chainsaw to remove trees during a fire when the fuel cap came off the chainsaw. Fuel spilled onto the employee and ignited, causing second and third degree burns to the employee's thighs and buttocks. | |||||
| 2016-08-26 | Craig | Colorado | CJN Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on a ear of corn, and fell. The employee suffered a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2016-07-05 | Craig | Colorado | Anson Excavating | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to lower a concrete piece of manhole onto another section when it fell and landed on the employee. He suffered a broken left clavicle, broken left ribs, and a broken hip. | |||||
| 2016-06-02 | Craig | Colorado | Mountain Temp Services, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was laying sheets of plywood and was clearing debris when his right hand was caught between two plywood sheets. A coworker then tapped the boards together while the employee's finger was still between them, amputating his index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-12-14 | Craig | Montana | Weave Management Group | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee got out of his truck to chain up when he slipped and fell on the icy road surface. He struck his head and back on the road surface and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-09-19 | Craigsville | West Virgini | Columbia West Virginia Corp | Head | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| On September 19, 2015, at approximately 11:00am, a millwright was injured while spot welding a hard hydraulic line on a forklift. The line was under pressure and hydraulic fluid was not removed from the line. The line ruptured and the millwright received 2nd degree burns to the top of his head and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-06-08 | Craig | Colorado | TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOC, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway |
| An employee was working on a "Right of Way" on 6/8/2015. He forgot an instrument and got on an ATV to go back for it. While passing the "Right of Way" on a switchback, he hit something (presumably a rock or waterbar) and was thrown from the ATV at approximately 9 a.m. He suffered injuries to the shoulder blades, collarbone, and three ribs (broken) and required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-03-29 | Craigsville | West Virgini | Jeld-Wen, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On March 29, 2015, at approximately 3:00 p.m., an employee sustained an injury to the middle finger and index finger on his right hand, resulting in amputation. The site port cover was removed from the door-facing press to blow out the fiber incline conveyor. The conveyor was not shut down at the time. An air wand got caught between the conveyor and tail roller, and the employee's hand was pulled into the framework between the air wand and the conveyor housing. | |||||
| 2015-03-12 | Craigmont | Idaho | CHS Primeland | Multiple mouth locations | Ingestion of harmful substance |
| When an employee disconnected a rinse hose connection from his truck, residual ammonium hydroxide (liquid ammonia) sprayed him in the face and got in his mouth. He was wearing chemical resistant gloves, goggles, and coveralls. His injuries include a minor burn to his lower lip and a 1/2-inch white patch on the tip of his tongue. | |||||
| 2015-01-20 | Craigsville | West Virgini | COLUMBIA WEST VIRGINIA CORP DBA COLUMBIA FOREST | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On January 20, 2015, the tip of an employee's left thumb was amputated while performing work on the Raimann #2 machine, which uses dies to remove knots from 4x4 sheets of plywood. | |||||