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OSHA Injury Report: Los Angeles County Natural History Museum

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Los Angeles County Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, CA 90007 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was eEP Puppeteer in natural history museums.

Establishment
Los Angeles County Natural History Museum
Parent company
The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation
Street
900 W. Exposition Blvd.
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
ZIP
90007
On-site location
North American Mammal Hall
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
51

The employee was performing a puppeteering puppet show in a full body [REDACTED] puppet.

Low back strain from articulating a full body [REDACTED] puppet.

The employee strained his low back while using his body to articulate the puppet.

Full body T Rex puppet

Low back strain from articulating a full body [REDACTED] puppet.

Job description
EEP Puppeteer
SOC code
27-2099 — Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other
NAICS code
712110 — Natural history museums
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
412
Total hours worked
639785
Establishment ID
414855
Employer case #
6
Date of incident
Shift started
9:00:00.000
Submitted
15FEB24:21:46:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.