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OSHA Injury Report: Virginia Veterans Care Center

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Virginia Veterans Care Center in 4550 Shenandoah Avenue NW, Roanoke, VA 24017 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was dietary Aide in nursing homes.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Virginia Veterans Care Center
Parent company
Commonwealth of Virginia
Street
4550 Shenandoah Avenue NW
City
Roanoke
State
VA
ZIP
24017
On-site location
Outside on the property of VVCC

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
26

Before the incident

Searching the grounds for a missing resident per facility policy.

What happened

While climbing up hill employee twisted L knee and began to complain of pain.

Injury or illness

L knee pain

Object or substance involved

Climbing uphill

Summary line

Employee was searching outside grounds in an active missing resident search while climbing up hill employee twisted L knee and began to complain of pain.

Employee and industry

Job description
Dietary Aide
SOC code
31-9099 — Healthcare Support Workers, All Other
NAICS code
623110 — Nursing homes
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
320
Total hours worked
746617
EIN
541629864
Establishment ID
134764
Employer case #
9

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:45:00.000
Time of incident
11:30:00.000
Submitted
29JAN24:19:29:00

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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.