Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Name: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Start: 3/19/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022032489 · 3/19/2022 · VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s)
Nature of injury: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Multiple types of exertions and bodily reactions
Source: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

Employer

Name: VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Location: 950 Campbell Avenue, WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06516
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On March 19, 2022, an employee was working a 12-hour shift at an emergency room when, after 8 hours, she began to experience spasms in her right leg, down the thigh and to knee, and shortly after reported feeling her knee pop. The employee finished her shift. The next morning, the employee's knee was swollen and could not bend or bear weight. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown