Richmond, VA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Virginia Commonwealth University
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1008 E Clay Street, Richmond, VA 23284 resulted in days away from work. Employee was facility Management 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
- Cary & Belvidere Residential College 301W. Cary St. Richmond VA 23284
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
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.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Back strain
Object or substance involved
Manual pallet jack
Summary line
Strained lower back musculature from manual pallet jack use.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Facility Management
- SOC code
- 406821: Facilities Managers
- NAICS code
- 611310: Colleges, universities, and professional schools
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 12,739
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 15,194,768
- EIN
- 546001758
- Establishment ID
- 1451175
- Employer case #
- 734-1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:30
- Time of incident
- 16:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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