Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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Washington National Zoo

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Cuts, lacerations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Washington National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20008 on , Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.

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An employee had serviced an HVAC unit and was descending from a 4-foot step ladder when he missed a step and began to fall. In an effort to brace himself, he reached out and grabbed the HVAC unit's condensate pan, which sliced open his right hand and damaged the tendons.

Hospitalized Hand(s), unspecified Step ladders