Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Washington National Zoo
Start: 6/29/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017065952 · 6/29/2017 · Washington National Zoo

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Step ladders

Employer

Name: Washington National Zoo
Location: 3001 Connecticut Ave NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20008
NAICS: 712130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had serviced an HVAC unit and was descending from a 4-foot step ladder when he missed a step and began to fall. In an effort to brace himself, he reached out and grabbed the HVAC unit's condensate pan, which sliced open his right hand and damaged the tendons.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown