OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525968
ANIMAL TRACKERS INC
MIAMI, FL—
Event description
Employee gored by charging elephant
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was moving an elephant from its pen into a crate for shipment. He wa s using an axe handle to prod the elephant. The elephant charged Employee #1 and gored him with a tusk, killing him. The pen was about 22 feet wide by 25 feet l ong. Employee #1 was a trained elephant handler.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 2
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