New Orleans, LA —
OSHA Injury Report: Audubon Zoo
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, LA 70118 resulted in days away from work. Employee was keeper in zoos.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Audubon Zoo
- Street
- 6500 Magazine Street
- City
- New Orleans
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70118
- On-site location
- Primate Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 30
Before the incident
Employee was feeding a gorilla its medications.
What happened
While feeding the gorilla its medications the gorilla grabbed the employees hand and bit her finger. Gorilla had no teeth so it crushed her finger rather than removing it.
Injury or illness
Animal bite to finger.
Object or substance involved
Animal (gorilla)
Summary line
Animal bite to right middle finger
Employee and industry
- 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 #
- 26
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 8:25
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28FEB2025:18:54:00
Source
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.