Incident date: 2022-12-21
NAICS industry code: 712130

On December 21, 2022, at approximately 5:10 PM, a zoo keeper was attacked by a North American black bear that escaped his enclosure. The employee was hospitalized for clavicle fractures, vertebrae fractures, a wrist fracture, several lacerations across the lower back, abrasions, and an open head wound.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Mauled, clawed, or scratched by animal
code_source: title: Mammals, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate