Other animal bites, nonvenomous · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wildlife Conservation Society, 450 Flatbush Avenue, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11225
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was placing a box on the bird's perch when the bird bit the employee's right hand multiple times resulting in multiple lacerations and hospitalization.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedBirds and fowl, unspecified
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