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National Institutes of Health

Other animal bites, nonvenomous — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — BETHESDA, MARYLAND

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at National Institutes of Health in BETHESDA, MARYLAND
Employer National Institutes of Health Report ID 2015030931
Address 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg 49, Room 1D35 City, State ZIP BETHESDA, MARYLAND 20892
Event Date March 3, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Other animal bites, nonvenomous Source of Injury Mammals, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 541711 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 39.00000, -77.10000

Incident Narrative

An employee was taking a Rhesus monkey out of the rig. She was unfastening the last head post when the monkey bit her right small finger.

Incident Summary

On March 3, 2015, a worker at National Institutes of Health in BETHESDA, MARYLAND suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as other animal bites, nonvenomous, with mammals, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 318 severe injury reports involving "Other animal bites, nonvenomous" incidents in our database. Browse all Other animal bites, nonvenomous injuries.

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