Louisville, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Zoo
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Zoo in Louisville, KY 40218 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Mechanic ZU in zoos.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Zoo
- Parent company
- Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government
- Street
- 1100 Trevillian Way
- City
- Louisville
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40218
- On-site location
- 1100 Trevillian Way
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 11
Before the incident
Moving weld cart per fire code.
What happened
While moving the welding cart ahead of Fire Marshall Inspection ee flipped on a piece of metal and fell after which the cart landed on ee 's leg. ee estimates the weight of the cart and the attached compressed gas cylinder was approximately 200 lbs. ee was diagnosed with a crushing injury and resulting hematoma.
Injury or illness
Crushing; Leg-Left
Object or substance involved
Heavy Object
Summary line
Crushing; Leg-Left; Heavy Object
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Mechanic ZU
- SOC code
- 49-9071 — Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- NAICS code
- 712130 — Zoos
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 285
- Total hours worked
- 319031
- EIN
- 320049006
- Establishment ID
- 1515521
- Employer case #
- 3707
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:30
- Time of incident
- 15:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:19:36:00
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.