St. Thomas, VI —
OSHA Injury Report: Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (STT)
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (STT) in St. Thomas, VI 802 resulted in days away from work. Employee was gENERAL MAINTENANCE WORKER ND CLASS in electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (STT)
- Parent company
- Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority
- Street
- 9720 Estate Thomas
- City
- St. Thomas
- State
- VI
- ZIP
- 802
- On-site location
- Waterline piping near the Happy View convenience store on Julian Jackson Drive.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 10
Before the incident
Changing jackhammer bit
What happened
Laceration
Injury or illness
Laceration
Object or substance involved
Jackhammer bit
Summary line
Employee stated he was changing out the jackhammer bit. While changing the bit the jackhammer engaged and the now loose bit flew off and hit him in the face. This caused damage to his left eye socket for which he was transported to the emergency room
Employee and industry
- Job description
- GENERAL MAINTENANCE WORKER ND CLASS
- SOC code
- 49-9071 — Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- NAICS code
- 221112 — Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 293
- Total hours worked
- 600522
- Establishment ID
- 1531563
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:30
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03MAR26:13:03:00
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.