Charlottesville, VA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Albemarle County Fire Rescue
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Albemarle County Fire Rescue in 1600 5th Street SW, Charlottesville, VA 22902 resulted in days away from work. Employee was fire Fighter EMT in fire and rescue service.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Albemarle County Fire Rescue
- Parent company
- Albemarle County
- Street
- 1600 5th Street SW
- City
- Charlottesville
- State
- VA
- ZIP
- 22902
- On-site location
- Ambulance
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
Before the incident
Riding in back of ambulance
What happened
When an icepack bag exposed when being opened the chemical got on the EE 's face and eyes.
Injury or illness
Chemical burn
Object or substance involved
Icepack
Summary line
Colleague opened icepack to keep patient cool. the bag exploded and the chemical inside splashed on EE face and eyes.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Fire Fighter EMT
- SOC code
- 33-2011: Firefighters
- NAICS code
- 922160: Fire and rescue service
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 195
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 516,999
- EIN
- 546001102
- Establishment ID
- 1278226
- Employer case #
- WC00436424
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 13:25
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-03-03
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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