Incident date: 2022-06-13
NAICS industry code: 713110

On June 13, 2022, at 1:30 p.m., an employee was attempting to clear debris from inside a killer whale's mouth when the whale closed its mouth with the employee's right hand inside it. The employee suffered a right wrist fracture that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other animal bites, nonvenomous
code_source: title: Mammals, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate