| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-13 | South Charleston | Wv | Michaels Stores Inc | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing on a manual roller conveyor to unload stock when the conveyor shifted and the employee fell 3 feet onto their right side, resulting in a fractured right femur and hip that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-07-22 | South Charleston | Oh | Sunrise Cooperative, Inc. (South Charleston Grain) | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using a metal rod to dislodge a grain blockage from the outside of a grain bin withdraw chute. When the blockage cleared, the rod twisted down and contacted the drag conveyor below. The rod was then pushed against the chute and pinched the employee's hand resulting in amputation of the ring finger and a contusion on the middle finger. | |||||
| 2020-07-22 | South Charleston | Ohio | Buckeye Diamond Logistics Supply dba Easy Heat Wood Pellets of PA, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning out debris from a wood pellet mill. The employee's hand was pulled between the mill's die and roller; the employee suffered compression injuries to the left hand, with partial amputations to the left index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2020-02-29 | South Charleston | West Virgini | EVERGREEN NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| While hooking up a pump trailer to the hitch on a truck, an employee's finger was caught between the hitch ball on the truck and the coupler on the trailer. The employee sustained a crushing injury/fracture to the left middle finger that required surgical amputation. | |||||
| 2019-09-09 | South Charleston | West Virgini | Belflex Staffing Network LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A temporary employee was removing a tablet that did not properly eject from a press. The press cycled as the employee's left hand was in the point of operation causing the amputation of the left middle finger. | |||||
| 2019-07-02 | South Charleston | Ohio | Buckeye Diamond Logistics | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a vertical panel saw when it cut the employee's left little finger. | |||||
| 2019-01-04 | South Charleston | West Virgini | UPS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee's finger was caught in a door hinge as he held the door open for other employees to enter. The left middle fingertip pad was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-06-01 | South Charleston | West Virgini | Bluewater Manufacturing Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working at a tablet machine when the discharge chute amputated the employee's fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-03-18 | South Charleston | Ohio | Reliable Electrical Mech Services | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level |
| An employee was working on a roof and fell on the same level striking his back on the standing seam roof deck resulting in a back fracture. | |||||
| 2015-11-10 | South Charleston | Ohio | Buckeye Diamond Logistics, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On or about November 10, 2015, an employee was greasing the drive shaft on the end of a conveyor. The employee's sleeve got caught in the conveyor, and the employee's hand was pulled into the drive shaft. The employee's fourth and fifth left-hand digits were lacerated and fractured. | |||||