# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at VA Connecticut Healthcare System
> OSHA SIR `2022032489` · 3/19/2022 · WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*