Multiple types of bodily position and motion · Other traumatic injuries n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, 57 Bureau Parkway, STAFFORD, VIRGINIA 22556
on — Other traumatic injuries n.e.c., affecting the Body systems and other part(s) of body.
Final narrative
An employee was performing skills training in the heat when they became overexerted and were hospitalized with a muscle injury.
Hospitalized Body systems and other part(s) of body Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
More severe injuries at FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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An employee developed lower back pain after climbing up fixed ladders to reach a roof, then beginning to route wire into an air handling unit. When the employee knelt to pick up rope, the back pain became severe. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered a sprain to a back muscle.
An new employee was participating in an on-the-job training. The employee was demonstrating a defensive knee strike tactic when he suffered a left ankle injury. As he was pivoting to sprint backward as part of the simulated disengagement drill, his left ankle rolled and he sustained a torn Achilles tendon that required surgery.
An employee was conducting field operations training outdoors. Training consisted of walking, standing up, and being in prone positions. The employee was hospitalized with rhabdomyolysis.
The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.
A corrections officer was working with others to restrain an inmate. During the takedown, the other officers and the inmate landed on the officer, who suffered a fracture to the right hip.
A building engineer was inspecting a generator. As he closed the generator enclosure door, his right ring finger was caught between the door and the door frame. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was walking back to a carrier case with mail in her hand when she tripped over a tub. Her back overarched as she fell, resulting in a fractured back that required hospitalization.
An employee was driving a utility tractor rig when it struck the rear trailer of another utility tractor rig, which was traveling in the opposite direction. The glancing impact caused damage to the cab, and he sustained a laceration on right side of his face, a cervical fracture, two fractured left ribs, and a pelvic fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was washing an aircraft from a scissor lift when they fell to the floor. The employee sustained a back injury and lacerations to their head and neck.