Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-06-08	Weirton	Wv	Galaxie Industrial Services	Upper and lower limb(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was hooking up a fitting to a fire hydrant. Pressurized water from the hydrant knocked the employee to the ground. He suffered a dislocated right arm and a broken right leg.
2021-04-05	Weirsdale	Fl	Circle K	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
The employee was walking near the fueling area in order to change trash cans when they tripped on a fuel hose and fell. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
2020-08-05	Weirton	Wv	ArcelorMittal-Weirton, LLC	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a piece of I-beam to pound out a piece of scrap metal from a mandrel when his hand got caught between the I-beam and the scrap metal, leading to a cut and a smashed hand.
2020-03-28	Weirton	West Virgini	Bulldog Rack of Weirton, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was changing the die on a roll former. The machine activated, causing amputations to the employee's fingers.
2019-07-29	Weirton	West Virgini	ArcelorMittal Weirton, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was searching for scrap debris behind tailing rolls. The employee was descending a step at the tension reel area towards the coil car when his heel slipped, causing him to fall into the coil car, striking his rib cage. He sustained three broken ribs and a contusion on the side.
2019-07-29	Weirton	West Virgini	ArcelorMittal Weirton, LLC	Brain	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using a 60-foot long pole to knock a piece of steel scrap loose from the heating section of a continuous annealer after a strip break when a refractory brick came loose and fell, striking the employee's hard hat and causing a concussion. A second employee sustained a head contusion when the fragmented refractory brick bounced off the first employee's hard hat and struck him in the head. The first employee was hospitalized.
2018-09-09	Weirton	West Virgini	Galaxie Industrial Services, LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning inside a tank with a pressure washer. The stream from the washer cut through the employee's right boot and into the employee's foot.
2018-08-05	Weirton	West Virgini	ArcelorMittal Weirton	Forearm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
While replacing a spray line on a continuous anneal line, an employee installed a come-along on a pipe to remove it. The pipe was rusty on the backside and broke under tension, flying back and striking the employee's arm. The employee suffered a broken left ulna.
2017-07-16	Weirton	West Virgini	ArcelorMittal Weirton LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a loop car while standing on grating. As he was checking the wheels of the loop car, the grating gave way and he fell through the opening to the next level below, injuring his ankle. He was hospitalized.
2017-07-13	Weirton	West Virgini	ARCELORMITTAL WEIRTON INC.	Multiple body parts	Fall, slip, trip
On 7/13/17, an employee changed out the back-up rolls at a tandem when he noticed a leak in a pipe and stepped inside the pit. His foot slipped and he fell, striking his head against the track rail that is used to move the back-up rolls. He suffered fractured ribs, fractured vertebrae, and head lacerations.
2017-06-28	Weirton	West Virgini	Walbridge Industrial Process	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was assembling an equipment dolly. The dolly table was not stabilized and the rocker beam slid off when the table shifted. The rocker beam struck and crushed the employee's foot, which had to be partially amputated at the hospital.
2016-09-21	Weirton	West Virgini	ArcelorMittal LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On September 21, 2016, at approximately 7:30 a.m., an employee and two coworkers were conducting routine checks on the plating line when a piece of debris was noted riding on top of the running strip line/plating solution. The employee attempted to remove the debris from the running strip line with a 12-inch spud wrench when his right hand was pulled into the rotating plating rolls, amputating his index finger, breaking his ring finger, and causing an abrasion to his hand.
2016-09-07	Weirton	West Virgini	ArcelorMittal Weirton LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell 37 inches off a fixed ladder when the last rung shifted and landed on the grating below. The employee suffered fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.
2016-06-02	Weirton	West Virgini	Precoat Metals	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
An employee was replacing a bearing on a shaft and was using a sledge hammer to seat the bearing when he suffered pain in his lower back. He was hospitalized with a broken blood vessel in the lumbar back area.
2016-02-04	Weirton	West Virgini	Rue 21	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On February 4, 2016, at approximately 4:00pm, an employee was operating a Ryder pallet jack in a 9'10" wide aisle way. He passed a second employee operating another pallet jack in the opposite direction. The load of pallets on the second employee's pallet jack struck a guardrail causing a pallet to fall onto the employee and lacerate his right calf.
2015-11-23	Weirton	West Virgini	Ball Metal Food and Household Products, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
On November 23, 2015, at approximately 8:45 a.m., an employee was troubleshooting a 110-volt ultraviolet lamp on a press. The employee turned the light off, removed a cover, manually adjusted the bulb, and then received an electrical shock. The employee suffered tightness of the chest and elevated blood enzymes and was hospitalized for treatment.
2015-10-12	Weirton	West Virgini	Precoat Metals LLC	Upper arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On October 12, 2015, at approximately 1:30am, an employee suffered the amputation of his left arm (up to the shoulder) after it became caught in the bridle roller, a power unit that moves the strip of metal at 300 feet per minute, while the employee was troubleshooting it. A guard was removed and the line lock procedure was not used.
2015-05-15	Weirton	West Virgini	ArcelorMittal Weirton LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Other structural fire without collapse
On May 15, 2015, at approximately 8:30 a.m., an employee was hospitalized after inhaling smoke from an electrical fire at the Switchgear No. 7 Substation. Before the incident, mechanical technicians working at the oil recovery plant heard an explosion and noticed a fire at the substation.
2015-01-25	Weirton	West Virgini	Arcelormittal Weirton LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
On January 25, 2015, an employee's thumb was amputated after being smashed by the wringer roll when it came off the adjusting stud. The employee's thumb was caught between the old contact roll base and the bearing box housing of the 10" wringer roll.
2015-01-11	Weirton	West Virgini	Ball Corporation	Arm(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Using a metal lathe, a maintenance worker was polishing a shaft. The shaft kicked back and the maintenance worker was struck in the arm and hand by the shaft. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery to repair the fractured arm.