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
- inside animal holding for skunk
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Feeding Phoenix (skunk)
What happened
Called [REDACTED] over to me for his afternoon feed inside holding scattered food on the ground for him. He was walking towards me and away from the food scatter I pointed towards the food on the ground and [REDACTED] came forward quickly and performed a quick bite to my hand. His behavior after the one bite was normal and relaxed. Skin was broken with one very small pin- prick.
Injury or illness
animal bite
Object or substance involved
animal
Summary line
animal bite to finger when feeding animal in exhibit
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 #
- 24
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:30
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- 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.