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OSHA Injury Report: Audubon Zoo

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, LA 70118 resulted in days away from work. Employee was keeper in zoos.

Establishment
Audubon Zoo
Street
6500 Magazine Street
City
New Orleans
State
LA
ZIP
70118
On-site location
Hospital
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2

Employee was helping another employee restrain a type of deer for a procedure for the hospital.

During the procedure the animal woke up. In an attempt to restrain the animal the employee jumped on top of it and began to have a syncopal episode.

Employee suffered a syncopal episode

Animal

Passed out while restraining a deer for procedure

Job description
Keeper
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
712130 — Zoos
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
293
Total hours worked
555500
Establishment ID
1372684
Employer case #
22
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
11:15
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28FEB2025:18:44:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.