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OSHA Injury Report: Virginia Commonwealth University

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA 23284 resulted in days away from work. Employee was facility Management in colleges, universities, and professional schools.

Establishment
Virginia Commonwealth University
Parent company
Virginia Commonwealth University
Street
1008 E Clay Street
City
Richmond
State
VA
ZIP
23284
On-site location
Cary & Belvidere Residential College 301W. Cary St. Richmond VA 23284
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3
Days restricted or transferred
7

The employee was assisting a residential moving team move a pallet of water via manual pallet jack from the a conference room to the building 's lobby.

When using the manual pallet jack with a load of approx. 2150 lbs. the wheel hit a door threshhold causing it to abrupty stop and the employee strained their lower back.

Back strain

Manual pallet jack

Strained lower back musculature from manual pallet jack use.

Job description
Facility Management
SOC code
406821 — Facilities Managers
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 #
734-1
Date of incident
Shift started
8:30
Time of incident
16:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02FEB26:15:14:00

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.