New Orleans, LA —
OSHA Injury Report: Audubon Zoo
Poisoning · Days away from work
At a glance
On , a poisoning at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, LA 70118 resulted in days away from work. Employee was facility Services Attendant in zoos.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Audubon Zoo
- Street
- 6500 Magazine Street
- City
- New Orleans
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70118
- On-site location
- Around carousel area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Poisoning (code 4)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Blowing leaves around carousel area.
What happened
While employee was blowing leaves around the carousel area the gas line on the blower came off and dowsed the employee in gasoline.
Injury or illness
Employee felt ill from inhaling the gasoline fumes.
Object or substance involved
Gasoline
Summary line
While blowing leaves the gas line on the blower came off and dowsed them in gasoline.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Facility Services Attendant
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 712130 — Zoos
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 321
- Total hours worked
- 524677
- Establishment ID
- 1372684
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 7:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 13JAN26:18:55:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.