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 veterinary 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 - FC20
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 48
- Days restricted or transferred
- 33
Before the incident
Moving an animal from a net and into a transfer cage.
What happened
The employee moved the net with her hand bringing it close enough to the animal it could bite her finger.
Injury or illness
Deep laceration wrapping around middle finger of the left hand. Further issues arose after initial treatment infection to the site and complicated healing
Object or substance involved
Nonhuman primate
Summary line
Laceration wrapping around left middle finger from nonhuman primate bite
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Veterinary Technician
- SOC code
- 29-2056 — Veterinary Technologists and 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-25-10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 8:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:21:38:00
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.