LURAY, VA ·
OSHA Inspection: LURAY ZOO
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of LURAY ZOO in 1087 US HIGHWAY 211 WEST, LURAY, VA 22835 (NAICS 712130). OSHA activity number 312637879.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- LURAY ZOO
- Site address
- 1087 US HIGHWAY 211 WEST
- City
- LURAY
- State
- VA
- ZIP
- 22835
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 712130
- SIC code (legacy)
- 8422
- Employees
- 4
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
510001 A
- Issued
- May 7, 2009
- Abate by
- May 25, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $1,500 · Current $500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
40.1-51.1(a) of the Code of Virginia: The employer, Luray Zoo, did not furnish a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees. On November 16, 2008, an employee was exposed to a potentially dangerous animal while talking to patrons of the zoo about a Bengal tiger. The employee received an amputation injury of the right pinkie finger when her finger was bitten off by a tiger. The tiger enclosure consists of an approximately 14 foot high metal mesh fence, surrounded by a wooden walkway with standard guardrails and metal mesh fencing approximately 6 feet from the main enclosure. The walkway is used by the general public and provides a secondary barrier between the public and the tiger enclosure. The employee that was bitten was serving as a guide and was standing inside the walkway barrier when bitten. One feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard would be to develop, provide and train employees on appropriate protocols to prohibit employees from working inside the walkway barrier while any potentially dangerous animal is in the enclosure area, and from reaching into animal enclosures while any potentially dangerous animal is in the enclosure area.
Recent events (3)
- · I (S) $500.00
- · W (S) $1500.00
- · Z (S) $1500.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 312637879.
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