Los Angeles, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Los Angeles County Natural History Museum
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Los Angeles County Natural History Museum in 900 W. Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was EEP Puppeteer in natural history museums.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 51
Before the incident
The employee was performing a puppeteering puppet show in a full body [REDACTED] puppet.
What happened
Low back strain from articulating a full body [REDACTED] puppet.
Injury or illness
The employee strained his low back while using his body to articulate the puppet.
Object or substance involved
Full body T Rex puppet
Summary line
Low back strain from articulating a full body [REDACTED] puppet.
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 412
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 639,785
- Establishment ID
- 414855
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-15
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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