Hurricane, WV—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Hurricane, WV

6 severe-injury reports between 2017-03-31 and 2024-11-20, 63 OSHA inspections, and 124 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Hurricane, West Virginia.

6Severe injuries

6Hospitalizations

63OSHA inspections

124Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Hurricane

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 Big Sandy Superstore 1 2 Core Appalachia Operating, LLC 1 3 Hurricane Gas Processing Plant 1 4 Nitro Construction Services, Inc. 1 5 Range Environmental Resources 1 6 Womencare Inc. 1

Example incidents

Nitro Construction Services, Inc. HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA · 2024-11-20 · Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
An employee was evaluating an apartment complex for a fire suppression system and leaned on a job-made temporary handrail at the second-story landing. The handrail gave way and the employee fell 11 feet to the floor below. The employee was hospitalized for multiple back fractures including the L1 and T12 vertebrae and a bruised spinal cord.
Range Environmental Resources HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA · 2023-09-07 · Explosion, n.e.c.
An employee was operating an oxygen-deficient oven that required manual ignition to make charcoal from wood. As the oven was opened, oxygen was introduced to the environment, resulting in an explosion. The employee sustained head trauma as well as fractures to the arms and legs.
Big Sandy Superstore HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA · 2022-09-07 · Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional
An employee was re-holstering a gun when it went off and shot the employee in the thigh.
Womencare Inc. HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA · 2018-07-16 · Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On July 16, 2018, at approximately 1:45 p.m., an employee was climbing a stool to reach papers on a top shelf when she fell and injured her left knee, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
Hurricane Gas Processing Plant HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA · 2017-04-22 · Other fall to lower level, unspecified
While an employee descended a wooden stair case, a stair tread began to give way. The employee shifted his weight to the handrail and the handrail gave way, causing the employee to fall approximately two feet to the ground. The employee landed on his back, then slid down the hill and contacted a concrete barrier. The employee was hospitalized with lower back pain.
Core Appalachia Operating, LLC HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA · 2017-03-31 · Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was cutting a fallen tree that was laying on a telephone cable. When the tree was cut, pressure was released on the telephone cable, which sprung back up and threw the limb toward the employee. He suffered a contusion to the right side of his face.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.