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 senior Keeper in zoos.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Audubon Zoo
- Street
- 6500 Magazine Street
- City
- New Orleans
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70118
- On-site location
- Birds back of house area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Handling and training bird.
What happened
When employee gave the kiss command the bird latched onto their lower lip causing a cut as well as a cut to the finger the employee used to dislodge the bird.
Injury or illness
Laceration to lip and finger
Object or substance involved
Animal (Bird)
Summary line
Laceration to lip and finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Senior Keeper
- SOC code
- 33-9099 — Protective Service Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 712130 — Zoos
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 321
- Total hours worked
- 524677
- Establishment ID
- 1372684
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 13JAN26:19:50:00
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.