Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Name: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Start: 4/10/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025043339 · 4/10/2025 · Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and extremities
Nature of injury: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
Source: Fall protection equipment
Secondary source: Other constructed surface

Employer

Name: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Location: 700 Monroe Street, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35801
NAICS: 713990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

During aerial practice, an employee fell 25 feet from custom aerial straps and landed on the ice skating rink below. The employee sustained fractures to both wrists and her lower and upper jaw. She also lost one tooth and two front teeth became loose.

Source

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