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
- Stellar sea eagle holding
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
Entering holding with eagle to manually restrain for exam.
What happened
Entered eagle holding with coworkers to capture female eagle [REDACTED] for preventative medical exam. I was primary my job was to get ahold of her feet so that coworkers could safely tuck her wings and put hood on her. I successfully grabbed [REDACTED] but as I had her in hand a talon was able to strike my left bicep above my PPE (leather cattle gloves). I had no loss of function and safely handled and passed off bird to other keepers for the exam.
Injury or illness
animal bite
Object or substance involved
animal
Summary line
animal scratch to shoulder when moving eagle for medical exam
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 #
- 28
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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