Seattle, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Woodland Park Zoological Society
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Woodland Park Zoological Society in 5500 Phinney Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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
- rhino yard/barn
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
cleaning preparing the rhino yard
What happened
Have been dealing with mild back pain for about a week. [REDACTED] was setting up the rhino yards and back was sore tender. When time to stir wallow I lifted my left leg to walk in wallow and sharp pain traveled from my back down the back of my left leg and left hip. I tried to rest and split work with my coworker so I was doing more computer sedentary tasks. When lunch break was over at [REDACTED] I tried to walk uphill to the rhino encounter but my back pain is so severe that it is extremely painful to walk.
Injury or illness
strain
Object or substance involved
overuse injury
Summary line
strain to back while cleaning rhino yard
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Animal Keeper
- SOC code
- 39-2021: Animal Caretakers
- NAICS code
- 712130: Zoos
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 423
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 589,998
- EIN
- 916070005
- Establishment ID
- 640477
- Employer case #
- 14
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-25
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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