# Cuts, lacerations at Washington National Zoo
> OSHA SIR `2017065952` · 6/29/2017 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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