Richmond, VA —
OSHA Injury Report: Virginia Commonwealth University
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA 23284 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was cage Washer in colleges, universities, and professional schools.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Parent company
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Street
- 1008 E Clay Street
- City
- Richmond
- State
- VA
- ZIP
- 23284
- On-site location
- Massey Cancer Center - Goodwin Research Laboratory 401 College Street Richmond VA 23219
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
The employee was repeatedly emptying mice and rat cages into a cage bedding disposal work station.
What happened
The employee started to notice some discomfort and swelling on the right side of their neck over a two week period from looking down while performing the assigned work and ulimtately sustained an ergonomic injury.
Injury or illness
Swollen and strained neck
Object or substance involved
Ergonomics
Summary line
The employee developed swelling on the right side of their neck from repeatedly looking down and turning head while emptying mice rat cages into a cage bedding disposal work station.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Cage Washer
- SOC code
- 37-2011 — Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- NAICS code
- 611310 — Colleges, universities, and professional schools
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 12739
- Total hours worked
- 15194768
- EIN
- 546001758
- Establishment ID
- 1451175
- Employer case #
- 697-1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:30
- Time of incident
- 13:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02FEB26:15:14:00
Source
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.