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OSHA Injury Report: Virginia Commonwealth University

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA 23284 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was electrician 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
MCV Steam Plant 1040 Oliver Hill Way Richmond VA 23219 Building Exterior
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee used a handheld hammer drill to open a hole for conduit in the building 's northeast exterior - brick facade.

When using the drill the tool kicked back and struck them in the face.

Cheek lacerations

Hammer drill

Drill kickback struck employee 's mouth causing lacerations on interior of cheek.

Job description
Electrician
SOC code
47-2111 — Electricians
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 #
761-1
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
14:00
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.