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OSHA Injury Report: City of Fairfax Fire Department

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at City of Fairfax Fire Department in Fairfax, VA 22030 resulted in days away from work. Employee was lieutenant in fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)).

Establishment
City of Fairfax Fire Department
Parent company
City of Fairfax, VA
Street
4081 University Drive
City
Fairfax
State
VA
ZIP
22030
On-site location
Fort Barfoot in Blackstone, VA
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5

Training exercise

Pepper sprayed in both eyes

Blurry vision swelling and discoloration in eyeballs

Pepper spray

While training was pepper sprayed in the face.

Job description
Lieutenant
SOC code
33-1021 — First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
NAICS code
922160 — Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private))
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
72
Total hours worked
144000
EIN
546001266
Establishment ID
797725
Employer case #
16
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
14:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16JAN26:20:07:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.