| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-13 | Fairmont | Wv | ODLE INC. | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was pressure washing interior concrete walls to remove existing liner and lacerated the top of his left foot. | |||||
| 2020-09-01 | Fairmont | Wv | Chapman Corporation | Thigh(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a grinder to modify a 10" pipe when the grinder kicked back and lacerated the employee's upper thigh. | |||||
| 2018-04-04 | Fairmont | West Virgini | Little Caesars Pizza | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On April 4, 2018, at approximately 8:30 p.m., an employee was cleaning a pizza dough sheeter machine's rollers when his right pinky finger was caught in the rollers, resulting in a medical amputation at the first knuckle. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-02-23 | Fairmont | West Virgini | Resolute Forest Products | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On February 23, 2018, at approximately 3:00 a.m., an employee climbed a 24-foot extension ladder and tied off while replacing a camera. A second employee held the ladder below. The ladder was leaned against and supported by a metal plate/wall that keeps bales of paper on the opposite side. After completing the work, the employee was on his way down the ladder when a bale of paper struck the opposite side of the metal plate. The deflection of the metal jarred the ladder, and the employee fell 4 | |||||
| 2016-02-03 | Fairmont | West Virgini | Fairmont Regional Medical Center | Brain | Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional |
| On February 3, 2016, at approximately 4:30pm, an employee was injured while attempting to restrain a patient who became irate and physically aggressive. The security officer was hospitalized for a concussion. | |||||
| 2015-05-07 | Fairmont | West Virgini | High Voltage Maintenance Corporation | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| On May 7, 2015, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee received first and second degree burns to his face, hands, left arm, and left leg, resulting in hospitalization. The employee was troubleshooting an existing switchgear. The employee de-energized the equipment and thought it was safe to perform the work. The buss was still energized with 13,800 volts and an arc flash occurred. | |||||