# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at GENERAL MOTORS
> OSHA SIR `2015053227` · 5/27/2015 · WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** GENERAL MOTORS
- **Location:** 1500 East Route A, WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI, 63385
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On the morning of 5/27/2015, an employee was bitten on the right hand by a stray cat while on break in the dock area of the plant.  Later that night his right hand and arm were swollen and he was in pain.  He was admitted to the hospital overnight for treatment.

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