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OSHA Injury Report: Minnesota Zoo

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, MN 55124 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was zoo Keeper in zoos.

Establishment
Minnesota Zoo
Parent company
State of Minnesota
Street
13000 Zoo Blvd
City
Apple Valley
State
MN
ZIP
55124
On-site location
Sea Otter Habitat
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Training sea otter.

[REDACTED] attacked EE during training.

Bitten on inside of left knee

sea otter teeth

Significant exposure from sea otter bite under knee.

Job description
Zoo Keeper
SOC code
39-2021 — Animal Caretakers
NAICS code
712130 — Zoos
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
350
Total hours worked
533814
EIN
416007162
Establishment ID
1441615
Employer case #
22
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
9:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:17:58:00

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.