Incident date: 2024-12-03
NAICS industry code: 813312

An employee was assisting with the routine care of a rhino when their right thumb became caught between a pipe fence and the rhino. The thumb was amputated to the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by animal  unspecified
code_source: title: Mammals  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high