Yemassee, SC —
OSHA Injury Report: Yemassee Primate Center
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Yemassee Primate Center in Yemassee, SC 29945 resulted in days away from work. Employee was behavior Technician in laboratory animal production (e.g., guinea pigs, mice, rats).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Yemassee Primate Center
- Parent company
- Alpha Genesis Incorporated
- Street
- 95 Castle Hall Rd
- City
- Yemassee
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29945
- On-site location
- YPC
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
Catching animals in their enclosure.
What happened
One of the animals ran towards the employee and when they jerked back the employee 's hand was swung into a fence crossbar.
Injury or illness
Bruising and pain to right hand possible fracture.
Object or substance involved
Crossbar of fence.
Summary line
Contusion and possible fracture after hitting fence with hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Behavior Technician
- SOC code
- 19-4013 — Food Science Technicians
- NAICS code
- 112990 — Laboratory animal production (e.g., guinea pigs, mice, rats)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 128
- Total hours worked
- 230888
- EIN
- 541800459
- Establishment ID
- 1456073
- Employer case #
- YPC-25-04
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 9:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:21:10:00
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.