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OSHA Injury Report: Seattle Aquarium

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Seattle Aquarium in Seattle, WA 98101 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was animal Care Specialist I in aquariums.

Establishment
Seattle Aquarium
Parent company
City of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation
Street
1483 Alaskan Way Pier 59
City
Seattle
State
WA
ZIP
98101
On-site location
Offsite - Brookfield Zoo
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Doing an onsite facility visit shadowing on sea lion feeding. They wanted her to do a guest experience to hug a sea lion and they were bitten in the face.

When squatting down the sea lion bit

Sea lion bite to the side of the face

Sea lion

Sea lion bite to face

Job description
Animal Care Specialist I
SOC code
39-2021 — Animal Caretakers
NAICS code
712130 — Aquariums
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
250
Total hours worked
319915
EIN
911189249
Establishment ID
987810
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
8:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:07:29:00

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.