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OSHA Injury Report: Albemarle County Fire Rescue

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Albemarle County Fire Rescue in Charlottesville, VA 22902 resulted in days away from work. Employee was fire Fighter EMT in fire and rescue service.

Establishment
Albemarle County Fire Rescue
Parent company
Albemarle County
Street
1600 5th Street SW
City
Charlottesville
State
VA
ZIP
22902
On-site location
Outside, burn training
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5

Teaching volunteers how to use fire hose

While showing how to use the leg sweep method to help move the hose he filt a loud pop and sever pain in thigh.

Strained quadricep

Fire hose with water

EE was teaching volunteers how to use hose with water and suddenly felt his thigh get strained.

Job description
Fire Fighter EMT
SOC code
33-2011 — Firefighters
NAICS code
922160 — Fire and rescue service
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
195
Total hours worked
516999
EIN
546001102
Establishment ID
1278226
Employer case #
WC00436536
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
13:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
03MAR2025:13:55:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.