Moundsville, WV

Employers with the most severe injuries in Moundsville

Example incidents

• George V. Hamilton Contracting, LLC MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA · 2025-03-14 · Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back

  An employee was working in a tight 15-inch space and using a 6-inch angle grinder to cut off an angle on an iron standoff boiler pulverizer. The grinder bound up in the angle, kicked back, lacerating the employee's left forearm.

• Enerfab Power & Industrial, Inc. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA · 2021-10-25 · Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet

  On 10/25/2021 at approximately 10:25 a.m., an employee was pushing a catalyst when they fell 41 feet through a gap in the grating, resulting in a lacerated spleen, lacerated kidney, and bruised shoulder.

• Keystone Clearwater Solutions, LLC MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA · 2019-09-06 · Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway

  An employee was travelling down a public road in a telehandler. When the employee pulled to the side of the paved road to allow vehicles to pass, the tires on one side went off the pavement and the telehandler rolled over. The employee sustained an amputated foot, broken legs, a broken pelvis, and a punctured lung.

• Kroger MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA · 2019-05-27 · Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident

  On 5/27/2019, a grocery clerk was moving a pallet in the produce department with a powered pallet jack (walkie). The employee's foot was caught between a steel bollard on the corner of the deli case and the pallet jack resulting in fractures that required surgery and hospitalization.

• Gwinnup's Restoration & Environmental Service MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA · 2018-10-04 · Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway

  An employee was driving an ATV uphill. Having pulled over and parked to allow a tracked vehicle to travel down the right-of-way, the employee was trying to pull out and resume when the ATV tipped sideways and rolled about 400 feet downhill. The employee suffered a head laceration and a broken arm, as well as trouble breathing.

• Mott MacDonald, LLC MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA · 2018-09-04 · Exposure to environmental heat

  An employee began experiencing cramps and trouble walking while surveying on a steep slope. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration and heat-related illness.

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