Other animal bites, nonvenomous · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FORT WORTH ZOO, 1989 COLONIAL PARKWAY, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76110
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning an animal enclosure when the Komodo dragon bit the employee on the leg.
An employee was opening a kennel door to take a dog on a walk when the dog bit his hand/finger. The employee suffered a partial finger amputation that required surgery.
On December 19, 2023, an employee entered a cat kennel to remove a litter box and food and water dishes. The employee was bitten by a cat on her left hand. She noticed swelling the next day, resulting in hospitalization.
An employee was helping a patient who was carrying a cat up the stairs. The cat bit the employee on their right forearm, resulting in an infection that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 712130)
An employee was cutting the end from a bunch of celery with a kitchen knife while holding the celery with their other hand. The blade contacted the tip of their left thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation including the loss of soft tissue.
On September 2, 2025, an employee was repairing a gorilla structure with a crowbar when he began slipping off the structure and jumped down to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured lower right leg.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.