Seattle, WA —
OSHA Injury Report: Woodland Park Zoological Society
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Woodland Park Zoological Society in Seattle, WA 98103 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was animal Keeper in zoos.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Woodland Park Zoological Society
- Parent company
- Woodland Park Zoological Society
- Street
- 5500 Phinney Ave N
- City
- Seattle
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98103
- On-site location
- Willa Wong
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
restraining a monitor lizard
What happened
About to hand off a monitor lizard to the vet when the vet said he would take the lizard from me I loosed my grip to move onto a position where I could hand off. In that moment the monitor took advantage and forced his neck out enough that he was able to turn his head and bite my finger
Injury or illness
animal bite
Object or substance involved
Clearer communication when handling animals
Summary line
animal bite to hand when moving monitor lizard
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Animal Keeper
- SOC code
- 39-2021 — Animal Caretakers
- NAICS code
- 712130 — Zoos
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 423
- Total hours worked
- 589998
- EIN
- 916070005
- Establishment ID
- 640477
- Employer case #
- 12
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:30
- Time of incident
- 11:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26JAN26:21:10:00
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.