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OSHA Injury Report: James Madison University

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at James Madison University in 752 Ott St, MSC 7009, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was police Officer in academies, college or university.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
James Madison University
Parent company
James Madison University
Street
752 Ott St, MSC 7009
City
Harrisonburg
State
VA
ZIP
22807
On-site location
Anthony Seeger (weight room)

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

Working out on equipment in the weight room.

What happened

EE was instructed to do several pushups sit ups and then to hang flex from a pull up bar for a total of 60 seconds. It took EE a total of 17 minutes to complete 60 seconds of hanging on the pull up bar. EE believes this was the point of exhaustion on her body as it was very strenuous to her shoulders and arms to hold her body weight.

Injury or illness

Strain of multiple upper extremities.

Object or substance involved

Overhead object pull up bar.

Summary line

EE was instructed to do several pushups sit ups and then to hang flex from a pull up bar for a total of 60 seconds. It took EE a total of 17 minutes to complete. EE believes this was the point of exhaustion on her shoulders and arms to hold her body.

Employee and industry

Job description
Police Officer
SOC code
33-3051 — Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers
NAICS code
611310 — Academies, college or university
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
7371
Total hours worked
7336523
EIN
546001756
Establishment ID
134448
Employer case #
23-20

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:00:00.000
Submitted
31JAN24:13:15:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.