Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201261864 - An employee sustains injuries from gorilla attack

Accident Summary Nr: 201261864 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 07/05/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309157667	07/06/2005	8422	712130	Lincoln Park Zoological Society

Abstract: At approximately 9:50 a.m. on July 5, 2005, Employee #1, a zoo keeper intern, had just finished cleaning the animal side of the viewing hut window of an exhibit. She was walking back to enter the building when she was attacked by a 16-year-old male silverback gorilla. She sustained a bite wound to the lower left back and pains in the sole of her right foot and left ankle. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital where she was treated for her injuries and released. The intern was not equipped with a communication device/radio.

Keywords: ANIMAL HANDLER, BACK, ANIMAL BITE, ANKLE, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309157667			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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